A 1.4 billion loan from the European Investment bank was intensely covered. About 750 million of that will be disbursed immediately and the rest will be given in installments through next March.
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How the world sees Greece
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Press Watch, September 14
The winding road toward approval of the 11.5 billion euro budget cuts package and various developments that might help inject liquidity into the Greek economy dominated the headlines of Athens dailies.
A 1.4 billion loan from the European Investment bank was intensely covered. About 750 million of that will be disbursed immediately and the rest will be given in installments through next March.
A 1.4 billion loan from the European Investment bank was intensely covered. About 750 million of that will be disbursed immediately and the rest will be given in installments through next March.
Friday, July 20, 2012
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 Min Greece Is Still Working on Budget After Leaders' Athens Meeting Greece in hard spot as debt payment looms and European doubts grow |
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Greece meets 'troika' over bailout revisions
Athens opens talks with European Central Bank, European Commission and IMF to adjust terms of two bailouts worth $300bn.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Greek Premier Appoints New Finance Minister
 Globe and Mail | Greek Premier Appoints New Finance Minister New York Times ATHENS — Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday appointed Yannis Stournaras, an economist and former government adviser who served as development minister in the previous caretaker administration, as the country's new finance minister. Greece: New government hit by fresh resignation, deputy minister quits Greece Appoints Economist Stournaras As New Fin Min Greek government hit by fresh resignation |
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Greece Names New Finance Chief
Greece's new government picked Yannis Stournaras, a 55-year-old professor of economics, to be finance minister, replacing the previous nominee a day after he bowed out because of health problems.
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Greece expected to name new finance minister
 Wilkes Barre Times-Leader | Greece expected to name new finance minister Fox News Greece's coalition government is expected to name a new finance minister, after the banker appointed to the post resigned for health reasons. Greece's designated finance minister resigns Greece at risk of downgrade to emerging market Greece faces fresh turmoil as finance minister quits |
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Greece expected to name new finance minister
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, himself recovering at home after a two-day hospital stay for serious eye surgery, was to discuss the issue with the heads of the other parties that comprise the three-party coalition government: the socialist PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left head Fotis Kouvelis.
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Greek PM to miss summit
GREECE'S government says its new prime minister will not be well enough to travel to a critical European Union summit in Brussels.
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Greece PM Samaras to miss EU summit following surgery
 BBC News | Greece PM Samaras to miss EU summit following surgery BBC News Greece's new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will miss this week's EU summit while he recovers from eye surgery, according to a government spokesman. He underwent routine surgery on Saturday for a damaged retina, with the operation said to have been a ... Greek PM to miss EU summit after eye surgery: Government Greek outlines issues it wants renegotiated Greek PM, incoming finance minister to miss EU summit |
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Viewpoint: Election leaves Greece deeply split
Greece deeply split after knife-edge election
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Hospital: Incoming Greek finance minister admitted for tests
 Financial Times | Hospital: Incoming Greek finance minister admitted for tests CNN Greece's new finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, was admitted to hospital Friday for tests, a day after he took on the role, officials said. Greek finance minister taken to hospital Greek Premier to Get Surgery, Finance Minister Hospitalized Greek Fin Min Taken to Hospital After Fainting Spell |
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Greek finance minister hospitalized
Greece's new finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, was admitted to a hospital Friday for tests, a day after he was appointed to the key government role, hospital officials confirmed.
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First impressions count
NEW government will have many battles to fight on many fronts. And one of the most important fights will be a psychological one: to convince a disillusioned public - at home and abroad - that it will break with a sinful past and offer something fresh in Greece’s struggle to overcome its financial crisis.
The election results on May 6 and June 17 showed, over and above everything else, that what the electorate wants most is change.
The election results on May 6 and June 17 showed, over and above everything else, that what the electorate wants most is change.
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Bailout talks hold key to new Greek cabinet's future
Greek efforts to renegotiate a disputed EU-IMF bailout deal will hold the key to the future of an unusual coalition government unveiled this week following landmark elections, analysts said.
"If the government succeeds in revising the memorandum, it will have a chance of surviving," said Nikos Dimou, an author and political commentator in Athens.
"If it does not, or if it only makes cosmetic changes to the memorandum, then the opposition is very strong and they will start strikes and protests.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Samaras sworn in as head of three-party coalition government
Greece got its first elected prime minister for eight months yesterday as the conservative leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in at the head of a coalition government.
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Greece swears in new prime minister
Greece moved to end its protracted political impasse Wednesday, swearing in a new prime minister to lead a largely pro-bailout coalition tasked with saving the country's place in the eurozone and easing a European financial crisis with global repercussions.
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Antonis Samaras takes over as Greek prime minister
ATHENS – Conservative leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in as Greece’s prime minister Wednesday at the head of a coalition government that will have to reconcile the demands of the country’s international lenders with the growing frustration of its recession-wracked citizens.
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Samaras to Name New Greek Government as Euro Area Ministers ...
 Globe and Mail | Samaras to Name New Greek Government as Euro Area Ministers ... Bloomberg Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is set to announce the members of his government today after securing agreement from the country's political leaders on ... Greek coalition takes power, promises to revise bailout Greek conservative leader Samaras sworn in as prime minister of ... Greek conservative head Samaras sworn in as prime minister amid ... |
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New Greek PM sworn in as bailout battle looms
UPDATE: Conservative leader Antonis Samaras has vowed an all-out effort to drag Greece out of its crisis.
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