January 31st, 2010 at 11:38pm Under Greek News
ATHENS: The European Union (EU) will tell Greece this week to take additional measures by May 15 to shore up its finances and cut a spiralling deficit, Greek newspaper Ta Nea said on Saturday, citing a draft of the recommendations.
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January 31st, 2010 at 09:34pm Under Greek News
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek league leader Panathinaikos was held to a 1-1 draw by AEK on Sunday, allowing Olympiakos to close the gap in the standings with a 1-0 win over Panionios.
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January 31st, 2010 at 09:20pm Under Greek News
The New Zealand dollar fell closer to 70 U. cents as Greece’s ongoing fiscal woes sapped investors’ appetite for higher yields and encouraged them to park their cash in so-called safe havens such as the greenback.
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January 31st, 2010 at 08:34pm Under Greek News
NZ dollar eases closer to 70 US cts as Greece’s fiscal woes sap risk appetite
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January 31st, 2010 at 07:31pm Under Greek News
Greece has not asked any country for a bailout and is the victim of speculators intent on attacking a “weak link” in the euro zone, its leader said on Thursday (28 January) as the premium on its debt hit a new high. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said his country was being targeted by speculators with ulterior motives opposed to the single European currency. The deterioration of Greek …
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January 31st, 2010 at 05:57pm Under Greek News
Joseph Stiglitz , the Nobel prize winner for economics, weighed in to urge Europe to show solidarity with Greece.The signals given by EU leaders thus far have been uncertain, putting the pressure on G…
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January 31st, 2010 at 09:48am Under Greek News
Greece has the “full support” of Germany and other European Union peers as it struggles to beat back a mountain of debt and a runaway public deficit, Germany’s foreign minister told a Greek daily Sunday.
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January 30th, 2010 at 07:23pm Under Greek News
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — The euro recorded its biggest monthly drop in a year against the yen and fell versus the dollar as concern Greece won’t be able to meet its debt obligations spurred a retreat from riskier assets.
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January 30th, 2010 at 05:35pm Under Greek News
Tensions at Kulata cross border point between Bulgaria and Greece are mounting and 200 truck drivers are getting angrier over the long wait caused by the Greek farmers blockade.
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January 30th, 2010 at 04:43pm Under Greek News
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle ruled out a rescue for Greece, as officials in Athens struggle to tame the euro area’s biggest budget deficit.
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