Lawmakers (Just Not Greece’s) Approve a Bailout Extension
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…
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Ex-Finance Chief Pleads Not Guilty to Altering List of Greeks With Swiss Accounts
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…
Ex-Finance Chief Pleads Not Guilty to Altering List of Greeks With Swiss Accounts
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…
Greek Seaside Town Explodes Into Flour War (PHOTOS)
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…
Greece On Course For Euro Bailout Extension After Concessions
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…
European Lenders to Review Greece Overhaul Plan
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…
Greece Delays Submission of Financial Overhaul Proposals
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…
Greek Leaders Face Revolt at Home as They Try to Appease Creditors
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…
Greek Leaders Face Revolt at Home as They Try to Appease Creditors
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…
Greek Leaders Face Revolt at Home as They Try to Appease Creditors
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…
Eurozone Ministers Hold Emergency Talks on Greece
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…
Greece Asks for 6-Month Extension of Loan Agreement
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…
Greece to Propose Compromise on E.U. Bailout
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…
Germany Maintains Hardline Stance In Greece Debt Talks
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…
Eurozone Finance Ministers Hold Emergency Meeting on Greece Bailout
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…
Greece Wants No More Bailout Money With Strings
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…
Greek Guerrilla Group Claims Responsibility for Attack on Israeli Embassy
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 Braces For Talks With Germany Amid Market Relief
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…
Greece Seeks To Reassure Europe As Tensions Rise
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,…
After Victory at Greek Polls, Leftist Politician Forms Coalition Government
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…
After Victory at Greek Polls, Leftist Politician Begins Coalition Talks
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…
Radical Left Set To Win Crucial Election In Greece
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…