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Europe thinks the unthinkable on Greece

May 18th, 2012 at 08:28pm Under Greek News

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – European officials are working on contingency plans in case Greece bombs out of the euro zone, the EU's trade commissioner said on Friday, as European share prices tumbled and Germany warned of continuing financial turmoil. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, one of Greece's harsher critics, said market unrest fuelled by the euro zone debt crisis could last …

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Greece tops G8 agenda as eurozone crisis snares Spain

May 18th, 2012 at 07:06pm Under Greek News

Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks in the United States on Friday.

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Greece to dissolve parliament for polls

May 18th, 2012 at 05:43pm Under Greek News

Greece's day-old parliament has held its final session following the inconclusive elections on May 6.

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Greece to dissolve Parliament for new election

May 18th, 2012 at 05:04pm Under Greek News

Greece's day-old Parliament held its last session Friday to allow for new elections next month that are being cast as a decision on whether to keep the country in the 17-nation eurozone — even if that means accepting a deeply unpopular austerity program.

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Exclusive: Drugmakers weigh emergency supply plan for Greece

May 18th, 2012 at 02:20pm Under Greek News

LONDON (Reuters) – International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greece if the country crashes out of the euro. Discussions have intensified in recent days, according to industry sources, and manufacturers are looking closely at the experience of Argentina's collapse in 2002, when some firms agreed to continue to supply medicines …

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Dear Greece, be careful what you wish for

May 18th, 2012 at 01:50pm Under Greek News

What you are going through has made it clear that austerity is not an easy solution.You, the Greek people now have a chance to do something I suspect millions in Europe would dearly love to do – vote on whether to leave the euro

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Greece and Germany in War of Words Over Euro Crisis

May 18th, 2012 at 01:14pm Under Greek News

A telephone conversation on Friday between Germany’s chancellor and Greece’s president became the latest flashpoint in the unfolding crisis over Greece’s membership in the euro.

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Merkel urges Greece to resolve political instability

May 18th, 2012 at 01:12pm Under Greek News

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece's president Friday she hoped the uncertainty over its government would be resolved as soon as possible, a German government spokeswoman said.

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EU, ECB working on Greece exit contingency: trade commissioner

May 18th, 2012 at 12:16pm Under Greek News

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission and the European Central Bank are working on scenarios in case Greece has to leave the euro zone, EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht has said. Speculation about such planning has been rife, but the comments in a newspaper interview, confirmed by a person close to De Gucht, appear to be the first time an EU official has acknowledged the existence of …

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Fear, confusion in Greece

May 18th, 2012 at 06:08am Under Greek News

Confusion, fear, frustration — emotions are running high among Greece's people, as they face the prospect of new elections next month and massive uncertainty over the country's economic future.

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