ATHENS — The debate lasted more than two hours, with one conservative lawmaker sharply accusing the Greek government of acting in bad faith. A liberal railed against Greek tycoons exploiting…
ATHENS — A former Greek finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, who signed the country’s first international bailout in 2010, pleaded not guilty before a special criminal court in Athens on Wednesday…
ATHENS — A former Greek finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, who signed the country’s first international bailout in 2010, appeared before a special criminal court in Athens on Wednesday over his…
For a few hours on a single day every year, the prim and elegant Greek seaside town of Galaxidi explodes into frantic childishness. Riotous groups of residents pelt each other…
By Matthias Sobolewski and Jan Strupczewski BERLIN/BRUSSELS, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Greece was on course to win a four-month extension of its euro zone financial rescue on Tuesday after backing…
BRUSSELS — The new Greek government vowed to take a disciplined approach to budgets, spending and tax collection in the financial plan it submitted for eurozone approval, but said it…
ATHENS — Greece on Monday delayed the submission of the proposed reforms that European creditors have made a condition of the country’s financial aid. European and Greek officials spent much…
BRUSSELS — Greek leaders scrambled on Sunday to come up with a list of proposed changes to the nation’s austerity program that would be acceptable to their creditors by a…
BRUSSELS — Greek leaders scrambled on Sunday to come up with a list of proposed changes to the nation’s austerity program that would be acceptable to their creditors by a…
BRUSSELS — Greek leaders scrambled on Sunday to come up with a list of proposed changes to the nation’s austerity program that would be acceptable to their creditors by a…
BRUSSELS — Eurozone finance ministers are meeting here on Friday for the latest round of emergency talks aimed at breaking the deadlock with Greece, a day after Germany rejected a…
ATHENS — Greece on Thursday asked for a six-month extension of its loan agreement, as the country tries to hammer out an agreement before a Friday deadline imposed by eurozone…
ATHENS — Greek officials are planning to submit a proposal to eurozone finance ministers for breaking the impasse in debt negotiations between the new government in Athens and Greece’s European…
By Yann Le Guernigou and Costas Pitas PARIS/ATHENS, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Debt-laden Greece and EU paymaster Germany struck hardline postures ahead of a crucial meeting of euro zone finance…
BRUSSELS — Eurozone finance ministers were gathering in an emergency session here on Wednesday, under pressure to hammer out a stopgap plan to keep Greece from running out of money…
By Lefteris Papadimas and Jan Strupczewski ATHENS/BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Greece’s new leftist-led government, isolated in the euro zone and under pressure from the European Central Bank, said on…
ATHENS — A guerrilla organization known for targeting political and foreign diplomatic sites in Greece has claimed responsibility for a gun attack on the Israeli Embassy in December, a Greek…
Greece’s new anti-bailout government confirmed it will hold meetings with lead lender — and critic — Germany this week after markets and European governments reacted with relief to alternatives proposed…
By James Mackenzie and Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Jan 31 (Reuters) – New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, striking a conciliatory note on debt talks after a turbulent start to office,…
ATHENS — Alexis Tsipras, the leftist political maverick who swept to power on Sunday in Greece in a popular rebellion, formed a new coalition government on Monday with a right-wing…
ATHENS — Alexis Tsipras, the leftist political maverick who swept to power on Sunday in Greece in a popular rebellion, entered talks on Monday morning to form a coalition government…
The winds of political change are coursing through austerity-weary Greece, but a financial whirlwind may lurk round the corner. All opinion polls on Sunday’s closely-watched national election agree: The radical…