08 December 2008, 12:12 pm
Rioting In Athens Greece! Violence in Greece by angry youths over the killing of a teenager by the police continue with no end in sight. The rioting has destroyed property and the plans for many Christmas acitivities casting a pall over the hopes for a festive holiday season in... Read More »
5 February 2012, 6:20 am
ATHENS, Greece - Leaders of the three parties backing Greece's coalition government are meeting with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to consider demands by Greece's creditors for tougher austerity measures, private sector pay cuts and layoffs of civil servants.... Read More »
5 February 2012, 3:59 am
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister scrambled on Sunday to convince lenders and politicians to sign off on a 130 billion euro ($171 billion) rescue, after his finance minister said just hours remain before the euro zone abandons the country to its fate. A technocrat appointed in November,... Read More »
4 February 2012, 7:04 pm
ATHENS, Greece - A senior Greek official said late Saturday that debt talks needed to avoid bankruptcy in March have reached "a satisfactory level of agreement" but are being held up by a disagreement over drastic labour reforms.... Read More »
4 February 2012, 2:56 pm
By Demetris Nellas,Derek Gatopoulos, The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece - Greece is under heavy pressure from its creditors to implement further austerity and structural measures if it wants to get a ...... Read More »
4 February 2012, 12:42 pm
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has just one day left to strike a deal with impatient lenders and reluctant political party leaders on a 130 billion rescue plan before the country is pushed towards a chaotic default, its finance minister warned on Saturday. Athens has wrangled without success for weeks wi... Read More »
4 February 2012, 10:37 am
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's finance minister said negotiations for the bailout deal his country needs to avoid...... Read More »
4 February 2012, 10:30 am
By Demetris Nellas and Derek Gatopoulos ATHENS, Greece (TheStreet) -- Greece's finance minister said negotiations for the bailout deal his country needs to avoid defaulting on its debts must be completed by late Sunday, but that a breakthrough is being held up by demands from debt inspectors for... Read More »
4 February 2012, 8:56 am
(ATHENS ) - Greece has one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, the finance minister said Saturday, warning that talks were "on a knife edge."... Read More »
4 February 2012, 7:03 am
ATHENS : Greece 's government on Saturday struggled on in talks with lenders to secure a 130 billion euro bailout before turning to the trickier task of persuading political leaders to back the unpopular reforms involved in the rescue.... Read More »