Press Watch, September 10

The troika is back and it is lashing out with a vengeance against Greek senior citizens and civil servants, demanding sackings and an extra 2.5 billion euros in budget cuts. They had already made sure to decimate the income of pensioners – both public and private sector - thus transforming Greeks’ golden years into rust.

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Inspectors Reject Some Cuts By Greece

Visiting international inspectors on Sunday rejected parts of Greece's proposed austerity plan, forcing the country's coalition government to seek fresh spending cuts to meet creditors' demands.

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Kouvelis Says Greece Could Still Default Yet

San Francisco Chronicle

Kouvelis Says Greece Could Still Default Yet Greek Reporter ATHENS – Fotis Kouvelis, leader of the tiny Democratic Left party that is a partner in New Democracy Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' uneasy coalition with the PASOK Socialists, has warned that Greece may yet default on its loans to ... Greece's Coalition Agrees on Basics of Austerity Plan -Fin MinWall Street Journal Greece Is Still Working on Budget After Leaders' Athens MeetingBloomberg Greece in hard spot as debt payment looms and European doubts growWashington Post Las Vegas Sun -Reuters -phillyBurbs.com all 458 news articles »

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Kammenos calls coalition "another Simitis government"

The leader of the Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos, during his speech concerning the government policy, made it absolutely clear that his party would not be offering any support to the Antonis Samaras led coalition.

In his speech, he accused the coalition of the Democratic Left, Pasok and New Democracy of effectively being "just another Simitis government".

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Samaras commits to bailout plan in first speech as Greece PM

euronews

Samaras commits to bailout plan in first speech as Greece PM euronews In his first policy speech since becoming prime minister, Antonis Samaras reaffirmed his commitment to making the changes needed to meet conditions of the bailout plan. Ahead of a confidence vote on Sunday, the new premier said Greece would meet ... Greece admits veering from bailout obligationsReuters New Greek PM acknowledges fiscal program off target, says emphasis on ...Washington Post Eurozone crisis: Troika returning to GreeceThe Guardian The Associated Press -Los Angeles Times -Bloomberg all 1,394 news articles »

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Samaras Pledges Asset Sales for Greek Program

San Francisco Chronicle

Samaras Pledges Asset Sales for Greek Program Businessweek Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged to bring his country's economic reform plan back on track, promising sweeping state-asset sales that will boost investment and jobs, and help break the country's recessionary spiral. In Greece, a Bold Plan to Solve the Debt CrisisNew York Times New Greek prime minister outlines crisis policySan Francisco Chronicle Greek Prime Minister Vows To Step Up Reforms, Boost EconomyWall Street Journal all 1,382 news articles »

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New Greek government pins hopes on privatisations

AFP

New Greek government pins hopes on privatisations AFP By Alex Pigman (AFP) – 53 minutes ago. ATHENS — Greece's new government formally takes office this week and looks set to push privatisation so as to win favour and funds from EU-IMF creditors who are inspecting the country's strained finances. Gloom and doom at Greek economic conferenceThe News International Greek Government To Present 'Alarming' Data In Aim To Renegotiate BailoutHuffington Post Greek government says aims to cut deficit, revive economyReuters Canada.com all 755 news articles »

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Greece's Creditors to Take Tough Line

Greece's international creditors look set to take a tough line with Athens as they begin meetings Thursday aimed at assessing the country's progress—or lack thereof—in implementing terms of its latest multibillion-euro bailout.

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Greek government presses ahead with austerity

Greek government presses ahead with austerity World Socialist Web Site Within days of being elected, the Greek coalition government led by New Democracy has already reneged on the few pledges it was forced to make in order to placate massive opposition to years of austerity.

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Greece: Hotel workers strike over pay and conditions

euronews

Greece: Hotel workers strike over pay and conditions euronews world news - Hotel and restaurant staff in Greece have taken to the streets in a 24-hour strike to protest at their plight amid the country's economic crisis. Crisis: Greece; hotel and restaurant workers on strikeANSAmed all 2 news articles »

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Renegotiation Of The Greek Bailout? Don't Count On It

Hurriyet Daily News (press release)

Renegotiation Of The Greek Bailout? Don't Count On It Seeking Alpha Some of the main components of the blueprint of the Greek coalition government are proposals for the extension of Greece's "fiscal adjustment period" by at least ... Cyprus to Take Over European PresidencyNew York Times Cyprus seeks bailout, following Spain. Who's next?Christian Science Monitor Cyprus seeks bailout from eurozone, Country cites its exposure to ...Bend Bulletin CNBC.com -Hurriyet Daily News (press release) -The Australian all 1,044 news articles »

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Press Watch, June 27

The appointment of economics professor and technocrat Yiannis Stournaras as finance minister dominated headlines in the Athens press. Reports indicated that the new “economy tsar”, as the finance minister is known in Greece, was approved by all three coalition partners – Premier Antonis Samaras, Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left leader Fotis Kouvelis.

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Greece to choose new finance minister to tackle debt

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek coalition leaders aim to agree on a new finance minister on Tuesday after their first choice deepened the chaos surrounding the country's debt crisis by resigning over ill health a few days after being named.

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Greece to choose new finmin to tackle debt

Greece to choose new finmin to tackle debt Reuters Greek party leaders to meet* No front-runner emerges* Resignation causes chaos for new governmentBy Deepa BabingtonATHENS, June 26 (Reuters) - Greek ...

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Confusion as illness fells new Greek government

Health concerns have troubled Greece's new government less than a week after it formed, with the new finance minister resigning due to illness on Monday and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (pictured) remaining at his home following eye surgery.

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Greece's finance minister resigns

Globe and Mail

Greece's finance minister resigns Globe and Mail Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of the National Bank of Greece, had been named finance minister last week in the country's new three-party coalition government.

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Greece Faces More Woes: Finance Minister Resigns

Greece Faces More Woes: Finance Minister Resigns NPR ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The banker who was chosen to be Greece's next finance minister resigned for health reasons Monday three days after he was rushed ...

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More Turmoil Hits Greek Government

Greek Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos resigned for health reasons, forcing the government to scramble as it tries to renegotiate better terms for its European-led bailout.

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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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Greek PM to miss EU summit, "troika" postpones trip

Greek PM to miss EU summit, "troika" postpones trip WXXI Greek PM to miss EU summit, "troika" postpones trip. (2012-06-24). Newly appointed Greek PM Samaras arrives for the first cabinet meeting of his government at ...

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