PM: country's image abroad has changed Mar 11, 2010Prime Minister George Papandreou, speaking to Greek reporters in Washington at the end of his working visit to the United States on Wednesday, said that the country's image abroad, at a political level, has changed completely... Greece says EU could intervene, mechanism in works (Reuters) Mar 11, 2010Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Wednesday the EU stood ready to intervene if speculation against his country's debt continued and euro zone sources said finance ministers would discuss next week a mechanism to support Greece.... Thousands protest Greek austerity measures (CNN) Mar 11, 2010Thousands of people marched through Athens Thursday as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest further austerity measures by the embattled government.... Merkel says confidence now key for Greece (Reuters) Mar 11, 2010German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the first priority for Greece is to win back the confidence of financial markets and that the debt-stricken country's first steps had a positive impact.... Police to break up protest (eKathimerini) Mar 11, 2010Prosecutor calls for roadblock to be removed as second general strike begins... Austerity measures will push up prices (eKathimerini) Mar 11, 2010Shoppers will be faced with larger hikes in consumer prices after the government’s recently announced austerity measures worth 4.8 billion euros.... US eyes solution in name dispute (eKathimerini) Mar 11, 2010Washington has informed Prime Minister George Papandreou that it will back an effort by Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to settle their name dispute by agreeing on “Northern Macedonia” as the new name for the Balkan countr... Terrorist link in Dafni shootout (eKathimerini) Mar 11, 2010A 35-year-old man who was killed during a shootout with police in the southeastern Athens neighborhood of Dafni early yesterday is thought to have been involved in Greece’s domestic terrorist scene, source said.... 6 Arrested In File-sharing Crackdown (CBS News) Mar 10, 2010Police say six people have been arrested in a crackdown on a popular Greek Web site that aided free Internet downloads of copyrighted music, movies and video games.... Greece softens tone as regulators question CDS ban (Reuters) Mar 10, 2010Moves to ban some types of credit default swap trading lost momentum on Wednesday as Britain's top regulator said there was no case for emergency action and Greece toned down its attacks on speculators.... Top 16 Qualification Possibilities, Week 6 (Euroleague) Mar 10, 2010With two teams - CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos - already qualified as group champions and another one - Asseco Prokom - finishing second no matter what, five other spots are available for eight teams... |
