Greece Crisis

Lagarde Has Little Sympathy For Greeks

AP | MEERA SELVA | Posted 05.26.2012

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LONDON -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the cou...

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Elderly Mother And Son Jump To Their Deaths In Athens

The Huffington Post | Daphne Lambadariou | Posted 05.24.2012

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Tragedy struck Thursday morning in the center of Athens when a mother and son leapt to their deaths. Kathimerini newspaper reports that sixty-year-old...

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'I Am Ashamed To Be Here'

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 05.20.2012

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ATHENS, Greece -- Like many Greeks left unemployed by their country's economic tailspin, Dimitris Spachos finds it easier to talk about his nation's p...

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The Crisis In Greece Just Keeps Getting Worse

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 05.18.2012

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ATHENS, Greece — Germany's chancellor apparently waded into Greece's choppy political waters on Friday, when Athens said Angela Merkel suggested...

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PM: 'Greece Is On The Brink, The Survival Of The Euro In Question'

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2012

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By Matt Falloon MANCHESTER, England, May 17 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron urged Europe's rulers on Thursday...

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Greek Parties Hit Political Stalemate, Euro Exit Fears Grow

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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By George Georgiopoulos and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, May 14 (Reuters) - Greek leftists rejected a last-ditch proposal by the head of ...

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Greece Nears 'Moment Of Truth' As Coalition Talks Fall Apart

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2012

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* President to meet smaller parties from 1630 GMT * Talks with big parties hit impasse * Radical left seen gaining if ne...

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Looking Toward The Greece Of The Future: Young Visionaries Bring Hope To Their Troubled Country

Posted 04.30.2012

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After a debt crisis brought the country to its knees, Greece has been struggling to find its feet. But with suicide rates on the rise and unemployment...

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Laid-Off Factory Worker In Greece Shoots His Former Boss

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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By Renee Maltezou and Deepa Babington KOMOTINI, Greece, March 4 (Reuters) - After more than 30 years as a factory worker, Dimitris Man...

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S&P: Greek Debt Not Sustainable With Only 70 Percent Haircut

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

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* S&P comment on Greece adds pressure on ECB to take losses * Credit conditions worsening in Italy, France despite ECB ...

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Greek Official On Debt Deal: 'The Onus Is On Political Leaders'

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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* Venizelos says deal should be concluded by Sunday night * Wage, spending cuts remain key sticking points * Papademos e...

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WATCH: Arianna Weighs In On Greece's Economic Crisis

Huff TV | Posted 03.23.2012

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Arianna appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS to discuss Greece's economic issues. "There is no work," she said. "You have 40% youth unemployment......

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Stock Markets Sink Amid European Crisis

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT and DAVID K. RANDALL | Posted 01.09.2012

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NEW YORK — Trouble on two fronts in the European debt crisis sent American stocks tumbling Wednesday to their biggest loss since the rocky tradi...

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Crisis In Europe Puts Global Economy In Danger

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 12.21.2011

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At this point, anyone not officially frightened by the bleak situation in Europe simply hasn't been paying attention. Even before the latest dispiri...

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Greece Financial Crisis Creating Serious Health Problems

AP | By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 12.09.2011

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ATHENS, Greece -- The Greek financial crisis has become a health hazard. Economically vulnerable Greeks are losing health care access amid dwindling ...

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Greece Under Greater Pressure As Finance Ministers Delay Aid Payment

Posted 12.04.2011

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(Annika Breidthardt and John O'Donnell) - European finance ministers are considering making banks take bigger losses on Greek debt and have postpo...

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Could Europe's Economic Crisis Sink Us?

The Daily Beast | ZACHARY KARABELL | Posted 11.13.2011

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As Americans fixate on the battle for the Republican presidential nomination and the continuing travails of the U.S. economy, the real story in financ...

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Greece's Unemployment Rate Jumps Even More

Posted 10.11.2011

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's Statistical Authority says unemployment in the debt-ridden country jumped to 16.6 percent in May. That's up from 12...

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Greece Debt Plan Doesn't Solve Fundamental Problems

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 09.21.2011

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A deal struck by European leaders providing debt relief to Greece has soothed fears of a fresh crisis, but the nation's ailing troubles -- and by exte...

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EU Leaders Give Rescue Fund New Powers To Contain Debt Crisis

Reuters | Posted 09.20.2011

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(Reuters) - Euro zone leaders were set to give their financial rescue fund sweeping new powers to prevent contagion and help Greece overcome its ...

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Hillary Clinton Compares Greek Austerity Plan To 'Chemotherapy'

Posted 09.17.2011

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(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday voiced strong U.S. support for Greece's battle to overcome its debt crisis, saying it was...

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France, Banks Agree To Make Greek Plan More Agreeable To Creditors

Posted 08.26.2011

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The French treasury and banks have agreed on a proposition to make a Greek debt rollover more palatable to creditors through a combination of long...

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Greece Wracked By Political Turmoil In Debt Crisis

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 08.16.2011

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ATHENS, Greece — Greece was wracked by political turmoil Thursday as the embattled prime minister faced down a party revolt over new austerity m...

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Greece Could Make Big Money By Selling State Assets: ECB

Posted 07.28.2011

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ATHENS/BERLIN (Angeliki Koutantou and Annika Breidthardt) - Greece could raise up to six times more than planned by selling state assets, an ECB p...

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Wall St. Helped Greece To Mask Debt Fueling Europe's Crisis

nytimes.com | LOUISE STORY, LANDON THOMAS Jr. and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the...

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