Top ECB official: Greece must fulfill reform targets '100 percent,' cool on ...

Top ECB official: Greece must fulfill reform targets '100 percent,' cool on ... Washington Post BERLIN — Greece must fulfill the targets of its austerity and reform program “100 percent” to stay in the euro, a top European Central Bank official said Sunday — offering little hope of substantial wiggle room for Athens and questioning whether it ...

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ECB official urges new Greek government to end delays on painful reforms

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ECB official urges new Greek government to end delays on painful reforms Washington Post ATHENS, Greece — 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's Asmussen tells Greece to focus on reformsReuters Recovering Greek leader faces crucial auditAFP Rip off the Greek band aidSydney Morning Herald all 314 news articles »

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Bailout envoy urges Greece to speed up reforms

Bailout envoy urges Greece to speed up reforms CBS News Bailout envoy urges Greece to speed up reforms.

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Recovering Greek leader faces crucial audit

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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 GreeksDAWN.com Athens can harbor bank recap hopeKathimerini all 7 news articles »

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Mitigating Merkel's Mischief

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Mitigating Merkel's Mischief Huffington Post (blog) Europe was actually on the road to a slow recovery in 2009, until hedge funds began attacking Greek government bonds and Greece's neighbors did nothing. This process followed the disclosure by the newly elected Greek socialist government in October ... Euro deal leaves deep divisions, lingering questionsmsnbc.com (blog) all 1,067 news articles »

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Robert Kuttner: Mitigating Merkel's Mischief

Merkel, characteristically, still opposes any respite for the suffering Greeks. It is up to the rest of Europe to isolate her again so that she can reverse course citing changed circumstances. Nor is Merkel willing to seriously rein in the financial speculation against government bonds that turns moderate budgetary problems into dire crisis. This, too, will take the resolve of wiser leaders. Until German reunification in 1990, there was a delicate balance in the European Union, in which Germany was contained within a broader democratic Europe. Germany was an economic powerhouse, but was appropriately self-restrained politically. Given German history, this was only prudent. With reunification, Germany not only became even more potent economically, but began throwing its weight around politically. As Merkel keeps proving, this was not a good idea. The rest of Europe's leaders have now restarted the necessary project of containing German influence again, and not a moment too soon.

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Greece's new foreign minister says Turkey should promote the reunification of Cyprus

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Greece's new foreign minister says Turkey must stop its "threats and aggressive attitude" toward Cyprus and to help the island nation reunify.

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