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  • 11/11/2011 | World

    Greece: Papademos, cabinet sworn in

    Technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos took office to save Greece from bankruptcy, heading a coalition cabinet filled with many of the same politicians who led the nation into crisis and pushed the euro zone to the brink of collapse.

  • 07/02/2012 | World

    Greek parties delay bailout talks despite EU threats

    Greek political parties delayed yet again making the tough choice of accepting painful reforms in return for a new international bailout to avoid a chaotic default, seemingly deaf to EU warnings that the euro zone can live without Athens.

  • 09/02/2012 | World

    Greece deal fails to convince, EU demands more

    Greek political leaders said they had clinched a deal on economic reforms needed to secure a second EU bailout, but euro zone finance ministers demanded more steps and a parliamentary seal of approval before providing the aid.

  • 09/11/2011 | World

    Greek leaders struggle to name new Prime Minister

    Political leaders were scrambling unsuccessfully today to find a new prime minister to lead Greece back from the brink of bankruptcy, after a plan to name a former central banker ran into trouble.

  • 09/11/2011 | World

    Greece: Papandreou steps down, doesn’t reveal new prime minister

    Greek political leaders have agreed on a new government, outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou said today, stepping down to make way for a new coalition government. He did not say who would replace him.

  • 10/11/2011 | World

    Lucas Papademos named Greece’s new Prime Minister

    Greece named banker Lucas Papademos as head of a new crisis government on Thursday, ending the country's chaotic search for a leader to save it from default, bankruptcy and expulsion from the euro zone.

  • 05/11/2011 | World

    Greece needs coalition to protect euro membership-PM

    Prime Minister George Papandreou told the Greek president that the nation had to forge a political consensus to prove it wanted to keep the euro, launching his push for a new coalition government to save the nation from bankruptcy.

  • 07/11/2011 | World

    Greek leaders struggle to agree on new premier

    Greek party leaders are struggling to agree on a new prime minister, despite EU demands that the political class commit itself fast to the nation's financial salvation and end the chaos threatening the entire euro project.

  • 08/11/2011 | World

    Greeks to name new PM, ex-central banker front-runner

    Greeks should decide on new Prime Minister in the midst of political domestic and international turmoil. A former deputy head of the European Central Bank, Lucas Papademos, emerged on Monday as frontrunner to become Greece's prime minister.

  • 02/11/2011 | World

    Germany urges Greece to stick to the agreed aid plan

    Germany's finance minister and other senior officials urged Greece today to stick to the aid plan agreed with the euro zone and IMF and to avoid the dangerous instability posed by the prospect of a referendum on the latest bailout deal.

  • 03/11/2011 | World

    Greek Papandreou chairs emergency talks over plebiscite controversy

    Greece's government was on the brink of collapse today, casting doubt on plans to hold a referendum on staying in the euro zone, as European leaders contemplated a Greek exit to preserve their single currency.

  • 03/11/2011 | World

    EC: Greece could not exit euro without leaving EU

    If Greece decided to leave the euro, it would also have to quit the European Union, according to the terms of the EU's treaties, the European Commission said today.

  • 27/10/2011 | World

    Greece vows to build on European deal, people skeptical

    Greece vowed to press ahead with economic reforms today to capitalize on an EU deal to slash the country's debt, despite anger among its citizens at the prospect of years of painful belt-tightening demanded by foreign lenders.

  • 01/11/2011 | World

    Greece risks meltdown after bailout vote bombshell

    The Greek government faced possible collapse as ruling party lawmakers demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the nation's euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a referendum.

  • 01/11/2011 | World

    Sarkozy, Merkel 'determined' to save Greek bailout plan

    Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy are “determined” to implement the EU bailout plan for Greece. That was the outcome of an emergency phone call between the two chiefs of state ahead of a G20 summit tomorrow.

  • 19/10/2011 | World

    Greek parliament gives green light to austerity law

    Greek lawmakers gave today initial approval for an austerity law cutting wages and hiking taxes, crucial for the country to receive a next batch of bailout funds and avoid bankruptcy.

  • 25/10/2011 | World

    Greek Prime Minister hopes EU summit to turn page on crisis

    Prime Minister George Papandreou said today an EU summit could turn the page on Greece's economic crisis, appealing for unity in his Socialist party to approve austerity measures.

  • 27/10/2011 | World

    Italians, Greeks skeptical over euro zone rescue plan

    A deal struck by euro zone leaders today to contain the region's dangerous debt crisis was greeted skeptically in the two countries most in the firing line, Greece and Italy, with some saying politicians were dreaming.

  • 14/10/2011 | World

    Greek government vows to pass cuts in 'fight for existence'

    Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos pledged today to pass austerity measures in parliament next week in a "fight for our existence," rallying lawmakers despite mounting opposition from labor unions and within the ruling party's own ranks.

  • 17/10/2011 | World

    Greek deficit revised up to 10.6% of GDP

    Greece's budget deficit reached 10.6 percent of GDP in 2010, the country's statistics office said today, revising the data slightly up from a previous estimate of 10.5 percent of GDP. Greece faces a crucial test this week, when much of the country is expected to be shut down by a 48-hour strike reaching a peak next Thursday.

  • 19/10/2011 | World

    Violent anti-austerity protests grip Greek capital

    Greek police cleared the square in front of parliament today after clashing with black-clad demonstrators during a mass anti-austerity rally called to coincide with a vote on a bitterly resented new round of belt-tightening.

  • 04/10/2011 | World

    Anti-austerity protesters block Greek ministries

    Greek public sector workers blocked the entrances to several ministries today to protest against austerity measures, disrupting talks with EU and IMF inspectors on a vital aid tranche.

  • 04/10/2011 | World

    Euro zone considers making banks pay more for Greece

    European finance ministers are considering making banks take bigger losses on Greek debt and have postponed a vital aid payment to Athens until mid-November, setting up a crunch point in the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis.

  • 05/10/2011 | World

    Clashes in Athens as workers strike

    Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in central Athens today, where thousands of striking state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy.

  • 30/06/2011 | World

    Greek parliament approves implementation of austerity law

    The Greek parliament approved detailed austerity and privatization bills today in a crucial vote to secure emergency funds and avert imminent bankruptcy, but longer-term dangers still lurk.

  • 30/09/2011 | World

    Sarkozy to meet Merkel in coming days on Greece

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the coming days in Germany to discuss Greece's debt troubles, calling support for Greece a "moral obligation" for Europe.

  • 03/10/2011 | World

    Greek economy stuck in recession, complicates fiscal efforts

    The Greek economy will remain stuck in recession next year, underlining the challenge the country faces in creating enough growth to claw its way out of a debt crisis shaking the euro, Greek budget figures showed today.

  • 21/06/2011 | World

    Greek government wins vote of confidence

    Greece's embattled government survived a confidence vote crucial to avoiding a sovereign default, as thousands of protesters chanted insults outside parliament.

  • 23/06/2011 | World

    Greece in deal with EU/IMF on austerity plan

    Greece won the consent of international lenders for a five-year austerity plan intended to avoid looming bankruptcy, sources familiar with the talks said, and its prime minister pledge to push radical economic reforms through parliament.

  • 24/06/2011 | World

    Athens struggles for support, Finance Ministers to meet

    Greece's new Finance Minister Evangelos said today he would meet his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble to discuss how to return Greece's economy to growth after three years of recession. "We have agreed with Schaeuble to meet in Berlin to discuss growth issues," Venizelos told parliament's economic affairs committee.

  • 16/06/2011 | World

    Greece Turmoil: IMF to release funds despite EU delay

    The IMF will release crucial loans to save Greece from default despite a likely delay by the European Union in agreeing a second bailout for the heavily indebted state, euro zone sources said today.

  • 16/06/2011 | World

    Greek PM reshuffle plan in doubt as deputies quit

    A string of parliamentary resignations today threatened to thwart Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's plan to reshuffle his cabinet and pass new austerity measures needed to save Greece from default.

  • 17/06/2011 | World

    Greek turmoil: Prime Minister sacrifices finance chief

    Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou sacrificed his finance minister today and put his main socialist party rival into the job in a bid to force through an unpopular austerity plan to avert bankruptcy.

  • 10/06/2011 | World

    Greek bailout at the top of European agenda

    The Greek bailout plan remains on the top of the European leaders agendas and forums of discussion. The participation of private creditors in Greece’s bailout is starting to take form said the Germany "Der Spiegel".

  • 14/06/2011 | World

    Greek protesters to surround parliament to stop cuts debate

    Greek protesters vowed today to surround parliament to prevent deputies from debating new austerity measures on June 15, and unions said they would bring the country to a halt in a national strike.

  • 15/06/2011 | World

    Greek PM says to reshuffle cabinet, stick with party

    Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will form a new government and seek a vote of confidence from his PASOK parliamentary group, he said in a televised address today.


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