Greece playing IMF card
- Helena Smith - The Guardian
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- March 18, 2010
Greece's debt crisis shook world markets again today amid speculation that Athens will resort to the International Monetary Fund to resolve its financial woes if EU leaders fail to spell out the terms...
IMF Spokeswoman: Greece Hasn't Requested IMF Financing
- Tom Barkley
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- March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Greece hasn't approached the International Monetary Fund for financing, but the fund remains ready to help if needed, an IMF spokeswoman said Thursday.
"We haven't received...
Greek premier refuses to rule out IMF appeal
- Christopher Tripoulas
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- March 17, 2010
NEW YORK — Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Wednesday refused to rule out an appeal for aid to the IMF, if European backing is insufficient to resolve its debt crisis.
"If we realize that ...
Greece, contractors sign 290 mln euro highway deal
ATHENS, March 16 (Reuters) - Greece's socialist government has signed its first major infrastructure deal, worth about 290 million euros ($396 million), as it struggles to match EU funds to boost grow...
No reshuffles to be made in Greek Cabinet
- Focus Information Agency
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- March 16, 2010
Athens -- No reshuffles will be made in the Cabinet, said the spokesperson of the Greek government Georgious Petalotis in an interview with Greek daily newspaper Ta Nea.
Petalotis denied the rumo...
Greece Wants Solidarity, Not Bailout, Premier Says
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the country expects solidarity, not a bailout, to cope with its financial problems.
The country has taken “every necessary measur...
Greece's conservative leader Samaras attacks government
- Christopher Tripoulas
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- March 15, 2010
(ANA-MPA/NET) -- Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras unleashed a scathing attack on the PASOK government this past weekend over its economic policy amid the ongoing deficit and d...
OA law to cost 1.3 billion euros
- E- Kathimerini
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- March 15, 2010
It will cost the cash-strapped government some 1.3 billion euros to make good on settlements to thousands of laid-off employees of the former state-carrier Olympic Air, in accordance with a law introd...
Athens reaches deal in submarine row: minister
ATHENS — Greece on Saturday announced it had reached an agreement with German defence group ThyssenKrupp in a long-running dispute over the supply of four submarines.
The row began when Athens reje...
Greek PM hails EU, US support against speculators
ATHENS — Greek Prime Minister Georges Papandreou hailed the support Greece has received from its European and US partners to fend off international speculation over its debt crisis in remarks publishe...
Greece's Conservatives on withdrawal of amendment
- ANA- MPA
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- March 12, 2010
Main opposition New Democracy press spokesman Panos Panagiotopoulos said on Friday that, under pressure placed by ND leader Antonis Samaras in parliament, interior minister Yiannis Ragoussis withdrew ...
Papoulias sworn in as Greek president
- ANA- MPA
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- March 12, 2010
Athens - Karolos Papoulias was sworn in as Greece's president Friday at a ceremony in parliament.
The 81-year-old former Socialist foreign minister and member of parliament, will serve a second fiv...
Greek CDS overtures fall on deaf ears in Washington
(Reuters) - Greek leaders' overtures for far tougher curbs on credit default swaps fell largely on deaf ears in Washington, but they'll go back to Athens with some sage advice from local policy wonks:...
Curbing derivatives might hurt, not help, Greece
- Stevenson Jacobs - The Associated Press
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- March 10, 2010
NEW YORK — Derivatives have become a dirty word.
The complex financial products helped blow up the U.S. housing market. They all but sank AIG. Now European officials want to crack down on a derivativ...
Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally
- Desmond Butler - The Associated Press
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- March 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Thursday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts spar...
Greece Admitted to U.S. Visa Waiver Program
- TNH staff
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- March 09, 2010
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the designation of Greece as a member of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)—strengthening passenger information...
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