Pages

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Voters weigh consequences of pivotal elections

Greeks weighed anger on Saturday at five years of biting recession with a deep fear of being forced from Europe's single currency on the eve of a pivotal election that could send shockwaves through global financial markets.

The vote on Sunday amounts to a referendum on the punishing terms set by international lenders as the price of saving the country from bankruptcy - tax hikes, job losses and pay cuts that have helped condemn the country to (...)