Pressure mounts on EU states to bail out Greece (Deutsche Welle) Mar 20, 2010On the cusp of a European Union summit in Brussels, the EU Commission President has notched up the pressure on member states to release funding for highly-indebted Greece.... Nova Makedonija: Gruevski, Papandreou will meet Mar 20, 2010Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greek prime ministers Nikola Gruevski and George Papandreou will meet in Brussels on March 25, Skopjean Nova Makedonija newspaper writes.... Samaras: Gov't 'flirt' with IMF dangerous Mar 20, 2010Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras on Saturday charged that the ruling PASOK government is "persistently and dangerously" flirting with the opting of seeking recourse to the International Monetary Fund... Greece slams church with tax (Sydney Morning Herald) Mar 20, 2010Greece is cracking down on major cash transactions and will impose a high levy on the influential Orthodox church in a scramble to boost tax revenue in the face of a debt crisis.... Greece will pay its debts, will not default: PM (Reuters) Mar 20, 2010Greece has taken the necessary steps to tackle its fiscal crisis and will not default on its debt obligations, the country's prime minister said on Saturday in a speech to his socialist party's national council.... Tax reform barrage finalized (eKathimerini) Mar 20, 2010Ministry says changes target those who avoid payment; critics argue the country is being dragged back 20 years... Tension peaks in the Aegean (eKathimerini) Mar 20, 2010Greek diplomats yesterday complained to Ankara after two Turkish fighter jets threatened a Greek coast guard helicopter participating in a patrol organized by Frontex, the European Union’s border monitoring agency, in the latest of a string of acts of h... Cretan pupils posed online with Nazi signs (eKathimerini) Mar 20, 2010Cretan teachers are spearheading an anti-racism drive after photographs uploaded onto the social networking site Facebook showed pupils from a secondary school in Akrotiri posing under symbols of far-right organizations.... PM urges support of labor unions (eKathimerini) Mar 20, 2010Papandreou tells workers ‘efforts will pay off’ as EU defies German reticence, calling for firm aid plan... Germany, EU at loggerheads over IMF role in Greece (Business Week) Mar 19, 2010Germany and the European Union were at loggerheads Friday after government officials said Berlin cannot rule out a Greek bailout from the International Monetary Fund, a solution Brussels is keen to avoid.... EURO 2012 fixture draw in Tel Aviv (UEFA.com) Mar 19, 2010A draw will determine the fixture schedule in the four UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying groups where the competing nations have been unable to agree a schedule between themselves.... EU's Rehn calls for concrete Greek aid plan (Reuters) Mar 19, 2010The European Union's monetary affairs chief urged the bloc's leaders on Friday to agree on a standby aid package for Greece next week after Athens said it could seek IMF help if it gets no firm promise of European aid.... |
