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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-06-19
CONTENTS
[01] Capital controls may be lifted until the end of the year, says NBG
chief Katseli
[02] Wildfire on Rhodes under partial control
[03] High temperatures in Greece on Sunday and Monday; 40C in Athens
[01] Capital controls may be lifted until the end of the year, says NBG
chief Katseli
ANA/MPA---National Bank of Greece (NBG) president Louka Katseli said
that fear is the reason the citizens do not bring their money back to
the banks adding that it will take time until they trust their money
to the banks again.
Speaking to national broadcaster ART late Saturday, she noted the
main factors for return to normality is the stability at political and
financial level. Referring to the lifting of the capital controls she
said she believed that most of the restrictions will be lifted until
the end of the year.
One of the conditions for the lifting of the capital controls was the
completion of the review of the Greek programme which has been achieved,
said Katseli adding that the large number of the non-performing loans is
not due to the fact that the people became suddenly bad-payers but to the
adverse changes of the households and the businesses' economic condition.
Katseli called on the lenders to go the banks to settle their loans
otherwise they run the risk of being characterised uncooperative.
[02] Wildfire on Rhodes under partial control
A wildfire that broke out on Saturday on northern Rhodes on Sunday was
set under partial control after burning hundreds of hectares of woodland.
Firefighters remain in the area to face any rekindling in the several
fronts while firefighting aircrafts continue the water-dropping operation.
[03] High temperatures in Greece on Sunday and Monday; 40C in Athens
ANA/MPA--High temperatures will prevail on Sunday and Monday and the
thermometer is expected to reach 40C in Athens while in western Greece,
central Greece and in eastern Peloponnese will will reach 41C.
A small drop in the temperature is expected on Monday in western and
northern Greece, however, in all the other regions the temperature will
remain at very high levels.
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