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Greeks feel drip-drip torture of austerity

Greeks expressed their misery on Monday at the erosion of their daily lives by austerity measures demanded by international lenders in exchange for bailout funds, ahead of a key parliamentary vote on extra property tax.

 

A Small Country — Finland — Casts Doubt on Aid for Greece

A Small Country — Finland — Casts Doubt on Aid for Greece

By insisting that it receive collateral from Greece in return for aid, Finland threatens to upend an agreement that euro zone countries made in July to expand the E.U. bailout fund.

 

Greek finance minister urges EU to ‘fully and immediately’ implement bailout deal

Greece’s finance minister has called on the EU to implement “fully and immediately” an agreement reached last month overhauling the eurozone’s rescue fund and extending Greece a €109 billion ($157 billion) bailout. The finance ministry says Evangelos Venizelos wrote to senior officials, including European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, EU economic commissioner Olli Rehn and eurozone finance ministers. Excerpts of the letter were released Sunday.

 

Protesters, riot police clash in Athens ahead of austerity vote

Protesters, riot police clash in Athens ahead of austerity vote

Riot police fired tear gas at youths hurling rocks and petrol bombs near the Greek finance ministry Tuesday, trying to quell the anger unleashed during mass protests and a general strike as parliament debated new cost-cutting measures.

 

Rescue Measures for Greece Advance as French Offer to Ease Debt

Under the plan, French banks would give Athens more time to pay back loans as they come due over the next three years.

 

Greece Secures Second Bailout

Greece Secures Second Bailout

Greece has secured a second bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, and it too will be on the order of €110 billion, Prime Minister George Papandreou said.

 

Eurozone delays decision on vital Greek loans

Eurozone delays decision on vital Greek loans

Hours of talks between eurozone finance ministers on the imploding finances of Greece broke up early Monday morning without the ministers signing off on a vital installment of rescue loans needed to avoid bankruptcy next month.

 

Greek reshuffle, Berlin-Paris deal ease euro fears

Greek reshuffle, Berlin-Paris deal ease euro fears

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

 

Greek PM vows to stay, lead exit from debit crisis

Prime Minister George Papandreou has vowed to stay on and fight to pull his country out of a crippling debt crisis, facing down a revolt in his Socialist party over new but widely unpopular austerity measures....

 

EU forecasts, Nowotny say Greece failing on debt terms

Bleak EU economic forecasts on Friday showed Greece will miss its debt targets this year without further reforms and a senior policymaker said Athens was not meeting the terms of its rescue package.

 

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