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Greek finance minister hopes for bond market return at end-2014
Greece has hopes of returning to bond markets around the end of 2014, its finance minister said on Thursday after its bond yields dropped to their lowest levels since last year's debt restructuring.
Reuters: May 9, 2013
ECB cuts eurozone interest rate to new record low of 0.5%
The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its benchmark interest rate to a new record low amid ongoing worries about the eurozone's economic health.
BBC: May 2, 2013
Lenders say Greece on track to get more bailout money
Greece's international lenders say the debt-ridden country is meeting their demands to improve its economy and is on track to get more bailout money in the coming weeks.
April 15, 2013
Greece will return to growth in 2014, says troika
The troika of international creditors to Greece has said the country's economy will start growing again next year and it will be able to contain its debts.
BBC: April 15, 2013
Greece 'set to get 8.8 bn euros after troika deal'
Greece and its troika of international creditors have reached agreement on its economic recovery efforts, opening the way for the disbursement of 8.8 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in bailout loans, officials said Monday.
AFP: April 15, 2013
Bank of Cyprus head Yiannis Kypri 'ousted by central bank'
The chief executive of the biggest bank in Cyprus has been ousted by the central bank, state media has said.
BBC: March 27, 2013
Insight - Money fled Cyprus as president fumbled bailout
As new President Nicos Anastasiades hesitated over an EU bailout that has wrecked Cyprus's offshore financial haven status, money was oozing out of his country's closed banks.
Reuters: March 25, 2013
Cyprus depositors hammered in radical EU-IMF bailout
Eurozone leaders and the IMF on Saturday announced an unprecedented levy on all deposits in Cypriot banks as the sting in the tail of a 10-billion-euro bailout for the near-bankrupt government in Nicosia.
AFP: March 17, 2013
Savers forced to bear costs in Cyprus bailout
The euro zone struck a deal on Saturday to hand Cyprus a bailout worth 10 billion euros (8 billion pounds) , but demanded depositors in its banks forfeit some money to stave off bankruptcy despite the risks of a wider bank run.
Reuters: March 17, 2013
Hollande in symbolic visit of 'support' to Greece
President Francois Hollande will Tuesday visit debt-riven Greece to show France's support for a country that appears to have averted a chaotic eurozone exit despite a ruinous six-year recession.
GlobalPost: February 17, 2013