“The summer of 2012 was a particularly difficult period”, Giorgos Provopoulos said and added that he is ready to take a long vacation now after all that anxiety.

Confidence in Greece's prospects is returning, Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos told institutional investors at a London banking forum.

The successful bank recapitalizations are what paved the way for the state to regain access to markets, according to BoG governor Giorgos Provopoulos.