Tag: Greece
Greece faces shutdown amid massive strikes
Public transport and media workers have opened a week of strikes in Greece, contesting fresh austerity measures needed for a lifeline from creditors which...
Strike to shut down Greece as EU leaders meet
Greece braced for a crippling general strike against austerity on Thursday, as EU leaders were to tackle the eurozone's ongoing economic crisis at a...
5 Pakistanis deported from Greece arrested at Islamabad airport
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday took under custody five Pakistani nationals who were deported from Greece at Benazir Bhutto International Airport here.
According to...
Greece sure to get next aid tranche: German magazines
Athens will resume talks with the ‘troika’ of international lenders next week on a tranche worth 31 billion euros ($39.88 billion) needed to avert...
Thousands protest as anti-austerity strike cripples Greece
Thousands of people took to the streets of Greece’s main cities Wednesday during a nationwide strike in protest at a new round of austerity...
Troika report on Greece may come after US vote
The report by the ‘troika’ of Greece’s foreign lenders — the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund — was expected during...
Two more years please!
Greece needs a two-year extension from its international creditors to meet fiscal pledges, and a liquidity boost from the European Central Bank, said Prime...
Greek coalition meeting to finalise austerity cuts
Greece's coalition partners were meeting on Wednesday to finalise 11.5 billion euros ($14.3 billion) in savings needed to unlock bankruptcy-saving loans from the EU...
Greek PM takes debt crisis talks to Paris
The Greek prime minister headed to Paris Saturday on the second leg of a trip to try and win more time for his country...
Greece takes Europe down
European stock markets slid Wednesday following losses in Asia and on Wall Street and as investors awaited key talks on Greece’s debt woes plus...
ECB saves Greece from bankruptcy by securing emergency loans-paper
The ECB’s Governing Council agreed at its meeting on Thursday to increase the upper limit for the amount of Greek short-term loans the Bank...
Barroso in Greece as officials finalise spending cuts
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso was to meet Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Thursday as officials threw together a list of 11.6 billion...
EU’s Barroso to travel to Greece on Thursday: spokesman
European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso will travel to Greece to discuss the economic situation there on Thursday with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, a...
Greece pays slightly less at three-month debt auction
Greece raised 1.625 billion euros ($2.0 billion) in an auction of three-month debt on Tuesday, the public debt management agency said, at slightly reduced...
Greece aiming for a giant killing against Germany
Greece are hoping for another Euro 2012 giant killing when they take on Germany with the political spectre of the Eurozone crisis hanging over...
Spain’s borrowing costs soar in gathering euro storm
Spain saw its borrowing costs soar Tuesday as it tapped markets for the first time since Greek elections, feeding fears it could be the...
Asian shares slip as Spain woes come into focus
Asian markets slipped on Tuesday as Spain's surging borrowing costs replaced the previous day's optimism over Greece's election, while leaders at a G20 summit...
