Greece
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Greek govt address nation after PSI completion
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, in a televised statement on Friday following the successful completion of the PSI hours earlier, said the present day “is not only a day of satisfac
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25 per cent of Greeks may be unemployed by end of 2012
As the jobless rate in Greece climbs to 21 per cent from 14.8 percent a year earlier, predictions are set for a quarter of Greeks to be out of work by the year end.
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Greece prepares to announce participation rate in PSI
The deadline for Greek bondholders to agree to a voluntary debt restructuring scheme passed on Thursday night and the government is expected to announce on Friday morning that well
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PASOK staff protest over unpaid wages
A crowd of angry PASOK employees blocked the entrance to the party headquarters in central Athens to demand four months in unpaid wages, drawing attention to PASOK’s dire finances.
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Shopkeepers in Greece unite
Traditional store owners in Athens are trying to boost sales by working together to offer new services.
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Greek PM moves two ministers in mini-reshuffle
Greece’s technocrat prime minister, Lucas Papademos, moved two government ministers on Tuesday, in a mini cabinet reshuffle unlikely to affect the debt-laden country’s efforts to a
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Venizelos warns holdouts as IIF members back PSI
Greece warned private bondholders thinking of rejecting the offer for a debt restructuring deal not to do so as Athens edged closer on Monday to securing the level of participation
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German tax collectors willing to help in Athens
More than 160 German financial services executives are willing to go to Greece in order to strengthen the Greek tax system, according to a report published in the German magazine W
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Greek PM turned down state salary
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos waived his salary as interim leader when he assumed his post in November and has not received any payment for serving as Greece’s premier.
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Ex-minister revealed in money transfer suspicion
On Tuesday, Dora Bakoyannis, a conservative former foreign minister and leader of the centrist party Democratic Alliance, put an end to days of feverish political speculation over