Greece

Merkel to attend crunch Germany-Greece clash

Merkel to attend crunch Germany-Greece clash

By Dave Brown 22/06/2012 04:35

German chancellor Angela Merkel will attend Friday's Euro 2012 quarter-final with Greece in Gdansk, adding to the political spice in a clash that pitches the euro zone's most troubled

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Germany set to allow eurozone bailout fund

Germany set to allow eurozone bailout fund

By marian kamensky 20/06/2012 07:40

Angela Merkel is poised to allow the eurozone's €750bn (£605bn) bailout fund to buy up the bonds of crisis-hit countries in eurozone the issue created fear that Berlin would end up paying the bill, and the beneficiaries would escape the strict conditions imposed on Greece, Portugal and Ireland.

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Greece pro-bailout parties could form govt

Greece pro-bailout parties could form govt

By Pang Li 20/06/2012 07:15

Greece's centre-right New Democracy party will try to form a coalition to back the country's international bailout after a narrow election victory that eased fears of a sudden exit from the euro.

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Greece’s election could shake up bailout, economy

Greece’s election could shake up bailout, economy

By peter schrank 17/06/2012 11:59

Greeks head to the polls Sunday for the second time in two months with a pervasive sense of dread that any government that comes to power will fail to resolve the political and economic turmoil that threatens the country’s future - and the financial stability of Europe itself.

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Who let the Greeks out?

Who let the Greeks out?

By Manos Symeonakis 17/06/2012 11:29

Voting has begun in Greece for crucial elections which could determine the country's future in the eurozone.

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Pressures over euro crisis  grows

Pressures over euro crisis grows

By Brian Adcock 15/06/2012 09:53

Rifts are deepening with Greek elections on June 17 risking the first exit from the single currency as voters buckle under the continent’s most-severe austerity program.

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G20 to discuss euro crisis

G20 to discuss euro crisis

By Li Feng 15/06/2012 08:32

The European sovereign debt crisis is an ongoing financial crisis that has made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to re-finance their government debt. The Group of 20 nations will meet in Mexico to discuss the European debt crisis

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Greece and the eurozone crisis

Greece and the eurozone crisis

By Sofia Mamalinga 14/06/2012 08:25

Who is responsible for the eurozone crisis? Can Germany fix it? Is a Grexit inevitable? What will happen after the election?

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Angela Merkel's Twenty Days To Change The World

Angela Merkel's Twenty Days To Change The World

By Gui Castro Felga 13/06/2012 13:05

From the G8 summit later this month in Mexico to her own domestic political fortunes, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will have all the world asking if she can lead the charge to save the euro, and help reverse a sinking world economy.

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EU leaders anticipate for Greece election

EU leaders anticipate for Greece election

By marian kamensky 12/06/2012 08:19

World leaders will anticipate Greece elections on June 17 . The result could lead to the country's exit from the eurozone, with potentially dire consequences for Europe and the global economy

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Greece dilemma over elections

Greece dilemma over elections

By Paresh Nath 11/06/2012 06:21

Greeks will have to wrestle with a crucial dilemma when they go to the polls for the second time in as many months on June 17 to elect a new government.

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Paralysis in Athens

Paralysis in Athens

By Tom Janssen 08/06/2012 12:05

“WHAT are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?” asked the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy in 1904. “Why do the Senators sit and pass no laws?”

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LIVID DAWN

LIVID DAWN

By Gianfranco Uber 07/06/2012 21:39

Kasidiaris Ilias, a high-profile member of the Golden Dawn party indicted for assault after hitting the deputy Liana Kanelli of the kke party during a television talk show. And this is but the dawn

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Greece’s rating cut by Moody’s

Greece’s rating cut by Moody’s

By Jochem Coenen 04/06/2012 06:10

Moody’s rating agency said it was lowering Greece’s highest possible credit rating because there was an increased risk that the country would exit the eurozone.

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Greece under the leftists

Greece under the leftists

By 03/06/2012 09:56

No debt repayments, higher salaries and freedom from EU-IMF tutelage: Greece under the radical leftists, who are poised to win a June 17 election, seems a world removed from its current recession nightmare.

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To be or not to be

To be or not to be

By Brian Adcock 03/06/2012 09:12

As many as 80.9 percent of Greeks surveyed poll said the country should do whatever it takes to stay in the euro.

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shocks of Greece's euro exit

shocks of Greece's euro exit

By Luojie 01/06/2012 14:36

Greece, responsible for 0.4 per cent of the world economy, now poses a threat to international prosperity as investors raise bets its days using the euro are numbered.

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UK plans migrant curbs if euro folds

UK plans migrant curbs if euro folds

By Brian Adcock 01/06/2012 10:43

Britain is drawing up emergency immigration controls to combat any surge in economic migrants from Greece and other European Union countries if the euro collapses,

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Cut or not cut

Cut or not cut

By Luojie 29/05/2012 13:35

The principal casualty of the ongoing European sovereign-debt crisis is the European Project itself.

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Saving Euro

Saving Euro

By Pavel Constantin 29/05/2012 06:28

There's a growing tension between Greece and Christine Lagarde, as the current head of the International Monetary Fund about Greece's tax-paying habits.

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