Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Greece Said to Be Seeking Gas Price Cut, Lifting of Food Ban from Russia

Greece’s energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis is visiting Moscow on Monday in a bid to arrange more favourable terms for imports of Russian gas, according to a report in Germany’s Spiegel Online.

The visit comes at a time when Athens is scrambling to strike a deal with its creditors for the release of the next tranche of bailout funds in exchange for reforms to be implemented by June. It also comes less than two weeks before Greek Prime Minister's Alexis Tsipras official visit to Moscow.

The list - which has already been submitted to the other members of the Eurogroup for a review - would include measures to boost tax revenues, improve investment climate and make the judicial system more effective, government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis said last week .... http://m.novinite.com