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How the world sees Greece
Showing posts with label emergency economic stabilization act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emergency economic stabilization act. Show all posts
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Greece says will carry out reforms, privatizations
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new finance minister on Saturday pledged to carry out reforms and privatizations demanded under its latest financial rescue in an attempt to regain credibility with international partners stumping up money to keep the country afloat.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Greece Bailout Targets Difficult To Reach In Current Timeline, Prime Minister Says
 AFP | Greece Bailout Targets Difficult To Reach In Current Timeline, Prime Minister Says Huffington Post Greek PM Samaras says want to renegotiate bailout policies * Says that does not mean to change fiscal targets but more time needed * Pledges series of measures to boost growth By Dina Kyriakidou and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS, July 6 (Reuters) ... Greece to Quicken Selling Off State Firms Greece wants to renegotiate policies, not targets: PM Greece seeks more time to meet bailout terms |
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Greece wants to renegotiate policies, not targets-PM
Greece wants to renegotiate policies, not targets-PM Reuters Greek PM Samaras says want to renegotiate bailout policies* Says that does not mean to change fiscal targets but moretime needed* Pledges series of measures to boost growthBy Dina Kyriakidou and. |
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Friday, July 6, 2012
In Greece, a Bold Plan to Solve the Debt Crisis
In Greece, a Bold Plan to Solve the Debt Crisis New York Times The administration's policy platform, outlined by the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, in a speech to Parliament, calls for selling off government assets and reducing state spending. |
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Greece wants to renegotiate policies, not targets: PM
 AFP | Greece wants to renegotiate policies, not targets: PM Reuters ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will meet targets set by international lenders, but needs more time and wants to renegotiate policies that make its fiscal situation worse by preventing a return to economic growth, Greece Plans to Step Up Pace of Overhauls Greece's New Deficit Reduction Program Is ALREADY Off Target Greece seeks two more years to meet bailout terms |
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REPORT: Greece Gives Up Immediate Plan For Getting New Bailout Terms
 Business Insider | REPORT: Greece Gives Up Immediate Plan For Getting New Bailout Terms Business Insider Either way, this is unlikely to please the large percentage of Greeks that voted against the members of the current coalition, calling for revisions to the Memorandum of Understanding that governs Greece's bailout package. The government is supposed to ... |
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Government presses case to change bailout terms
The government of newly elected PM Antonis Samaras, sought on Thursday to persuade sceptical lenders visiting Athens to ease the punishing terms of the bailout that is keeping the country solvent but at the cost of driving it deeper into recession.
Senior officials from Greece's trio of international lenders met with Samaras and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras for the first time since Samaras's coalition government took power after the June elections.
Senior officials from Greece's trio of international lenders met with Samaras and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras for the first time since Samaras's coalition government took power after the June elections.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Greece faces critical audit
Greece faces critical audit NEWS.com.au Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has huddled with ministers and allies ahead of a crucial creditor audit. |
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Bailout Envoy Urges Greece to Speed up Reforms
Bailout Envoy Urges Greece to Speed up Reforms ABC News A senior European Central Bank official urged Greece's new government on Monday to avoid further delays in implementing major structural reforms. ECB board member Joerg Asmussen is in Athens as the struggling country's new coalition government holds ... |
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Athens Seeks Improved Bailout Deal
Greece will push for a better bailout deal when it resumes long- stalled talks with international lenders this week—including asking for a Spain-style deal for its banks.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Bailout Envoy Urges Greece To Speed Up Reforms
Bailout Envoy Urges Greece To Speed Up Reforms NPR ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior official from the European Central Bank on Monday urged Greece's new government to avoid further delays in implementing major structural reforms. ECB board member Joerg Asmussen is in Athens as the struggling ... |
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Recovering Greek leader faces crucial audit
 AsiaOne | Recovering Greek leader faces crucial audit AsiaOne ATHENS - Ailing Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras must face a crucial audit by Greece's creditors this week and may be tempted to push a change of rescue terms more in line with what was recently offered Spain. The "troika" of creditor auditors from ... Modern odyssey of Greeks Athens can harbor bank recap hope |
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Monday, June 25, 2012
New Greek PM to miss crucial EU summit as he recovers from eye operation
Antonis Samaras underwent surgery for a detached retina yesterday, just three days after being sworn in as the head of a coalition government.
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Greece’s New Leaders to Miss Crucial European Meeting
Both the newly installed prime minister, Antonis Samaras, and his nominee for finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, have been hospitalized since Friday.
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Greece's New Leaders to Miss Crucial Meeting
 Sydney Morning Herald | Greece's New Leaders to Miss Crucial Meeting New York Times Both the newly installed prime minister, Antonis Samaras, and his nominee for finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, have been hospitalized since Friday. Greece's Auditors Postpone Athens Visit Greek PM to miss EU summit, "troika" postpones trip Greece outlines bailout revisions ahead of talks |
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Greece coalition seeks to extend austerity deadlines by two years
 Globe and Mail | Greece coalition seeks to extend austerity deadlines by two years Globe and Mail The policy statement issued by the three-party coalition said the 'general aim' of bailout renegotiations is to curb cuts to salaries and pensions. |
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Front Pages from Around the Globe
Greece's hopes of clinging to its euro membership were boosted as the pro-bailout New Democracy party clinched a slender victory Sunday in elections that were critical to efforts to hold the single currency together.
Antonis Samaras, who will now try to build a fragile coalition government, declared his country is "anchored" to the euro after his conservative party narrowly beat the left-wing Syriza party, which had threatened to renounce the bailout deal with the country's creditors.
Mental illness now accounts for almost half of all ill health among people of working age and has the same impact on life expectancy as smoking, according to a devastating report.
A panel of experts says the National Health Service is failing to provide even the most basic treatment for mental illness to millions of people.
Ireland's ill-fated European Championship adventure ended Monday as it had begun, with a two-goal defeat that served to underline how ill-equipped coach Giovanni Trapattoni's side really is for life at this level.
Egypt's ousted president, Hosni Mubarak, is reportedly in a coma after suffering a stroke in prison, fueling uncertainty in a country that faces fresh unrest and power struggles in its post-revolution era.
Antonis Samaras, who will now try to build a fragile coalition government, declared his country is "anchored" to the euro after his conservative party narrowly beat the left-wing Syriza party, which had threatened to renounce the bailout deal with the country's creditors.
Mental illness now accounts for almost half of all ill health among people of working age and has the same impact on life expectancy as smoking, according to a devastating report.
A panel of experts says the National Health Service is failing to provide even the most basic treatment for mental illness to millions of people.
Ireland's ill-fated European Championship adventure ended Monday as it had begun, with a two-goal defeat that served to underline how ill-equipped coach Giovanni Trapattoni's side really is for life at this level.
Egypt's ousted president, Hosni Mubarak, is reportedly in a coma after suffering a stroke in prison, fueling uncertainty in a country that faces fresh unrest and power struggles in its post-revolution era.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
New Greek coalition govt sworn in
The new Greek pro-bailout coalition government was sworn in on Thursday evening, aiming to revise the tough terms of international bailout deals keeping the debt-laden country afloat since 2010 without endangering its place in the euro.
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Europe must be "sensitive" to Greek people's feelings: French FinMin
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Thursday that Europe must be more "sensitive" to the Greek people and take steps to help revive the country's economy.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Debt crisis: Greece clinches coalition deal to battle bailout
Conservative leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in as the prime minister of new Greek coalition on Wednesday, as he took up the challenge of trying to revise the terms an unpopular EU-IMF bailout deal.
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