Tag: Greece

Economy trumps Greece as investor focus

Investors put the Greek crisis behind them at least temporarily on Friday, letting the euro hit a three-week high against the dollar at one...

Greece bends to enforce EU terms

Debt-hit Greece hunkered down to enforce austerity after EU leaders brokered new conditions for cash to avert a default which could endanger the eurozone....

Greece faces critical vote for its debt

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou faced a vote of confidence in his new government in a fight vital to avert bankruptcy and stave off...

Second bailout package for Greece taking shape

Plans for a second bailout to Greece are taking shape, with a proposal for a three-year package worth 80 to 100 billion euros set...

Protest halts Greece anarchists’ trial again

ATHENS - Six out of nine Greeks accused of terror offences made a bid for freedom on Monday as they were waiting to be returned to their cells after refusing to attend their trial, the ANA news agency reported.
Dozens of supporters of the defendants also clashed with plain-clothes officers in the courtroom and police reinforcements were called in to restore order, a judicial source said. The nine and four others who are still at large and being tried in absentia are accused of