Greece

  • Feb 14, 2011
  • 2 min read

GREECE/EU/IMF: Athens baulks at big state asset sale

Athens has no plans to sell state electricity utility PPC, an official at the Energy Ministry...

Greece
  • Feb 8, 2011
  • 7 min read

GREECE: 'Won't Pay' movement is no challenge to state

On February 6, citizens' groups across Greece marched to toll booths on national highways and...

Greece
  • Feb 4, 2011
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GREECE: Payments strike finds government in two minds

Infrastructure Minister Dimitris Reppas is clamping down on a grass-roots 'Won't Pay' movement...

Greece
  • Jan 28, 2011
  • 12 min read

EURO-AREA: Growth is key to avoid peripheral defaults

Capital markets have grouped together Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and Spain as potential...

  • Jan 26, 2011
  • 6 min read

EURO-AREA: Strong start for EFSF but problems loom

On January 25, the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) raised 5 billion euros (6.8 billion...

  • Jan 14, 2011
  • 1 min read

GREECE: Rising joblessness raises spectre of unrest

Unemployment is expected to rise this year and next, the Hellenic Statistics Authority announced...

Greece
  • Jan 10, 2011
  • 2 min read

GREECE: State deficit in 2010 comes in below target

The central government budget deficit was smaller than planned last year, the Finance Ministry...

Greece
  • Jan 4, 2011
  • 2 min read

GREECE: Anti-migrant fence seems ineffective and harsh

Criticism of Citizens' Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis's proposal to curb illegal...

Greece