Greece's planned May election could cause impasse
- 11 Apr 2012 18:06 - Staff Reporter
- Polls planned for next month may produce no clear result and could threaten the implementation of the bailout plan that saved Greece from bankruptcy.
Greece makes peace with bailout pledges
- 10 Feb 2012 08:32 - Staff Reporter
- Finance ministers are piling the pressure on Greece to make good on pledges to slash public spending before closing a deal on a €130-billion bailout.
Greek prime minister optimistic of eurozone compromise
- 09 Feb 2012 07:33 - Staff Reporter
- Greek coalition leaders failed to reach a deal on austerity cuts after marathon talks but Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is hopeful of an agreement.
MPs in standoff over severe cuts
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Phillip Inman
- Talks appear to be stalling between EU, IMF negotiators and Greek officials.
Greece's euro ultimatum
- 06 Jan 2012 00:00 - Heather Stewart
- The new coalition government warns it will run out of options unless the bailout is forthcoming.
Greece aims to create 150 000 new jobs
- 29 Dec 2011 12:23 - Staff Reporter
- Greece's interim government has pledged to create 150 000 new jobs in the first quarter of 2012 to alleviate the effects of an acute financial crisis.
Greece's Papademos enjoys support of coalition partners
- 26 Nov 2011 16:07 - Staff Reporter
- The leader of the Greek far-right nationalist party Laos says he will support Prime Minister Lucas Papademos until the government's work is completed.
Greece looks to Brussels for much-needed funding
- 20 Nov 2011 18:18 - Staff Reporter
- Greece's Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has headed to Brussels to fight for the aid Athens needs to avoid bankruptcy.
Greek conservatives reject signing reform pledge
- 19 Nov 2011 15:25 - Staff Reporter
- A major conservative party in Greece's new unity government has refused to drop its opposition to signing reform pledges in return for crucial loans.
Greece could lose €52bn in unpaid taxes
- 17 Nov 2011 20:23 - Staff Reporter
- Greece stands to lose €52-billion in unpaid taxes and is set to raise a mere €1.3-billion out of a €5-billion target for privatisation proceeds.
Occupy Wall Street protesters clash with police
- 17 Nov 2011 19:23 - Staff Reporter
- Occupy Wall Street activists have clashed with police outside the New York Stock Exchange on the movement's two-month anniversary.
Greece PM to begin rescue mission ahead of confidence vote
- 13 Nov 2011 18:12 - Staff Reporter
- Greece's Lucas Papademos will seek to take advantage of a rare political truce to push austerity and radical reform and stave off bankruptcy.
New Greek government in race against time
- 12 Nov 2011 20:04 - Helene Colliopoulou
- Greece's new unity government under Lucas Papademos faces a race against time to save the debt-stricken nation from bankruptcy.
Papademos sworn in to lead party-packed Greek Cabinet
- 12 Nov 2011 07:39 - Staff Reporter
- Lucas Papademos has taken office to save Greece from bankruptcy with a Cabinet filled with many of the politicians who led the nation into crisis.
Greece's new coalition head must battle crippling debt
- 10 Nov 2011 16:49 - Staff Reporter
- Former ECB vice-president Lucas Papademos will head Greece's new crisis coalition, ending suspense over who will try to save the country from default.
