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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
A flurry of polls on Saturday showed the race to lead Greece has tightened into a dead heat ahead of an election next month that could determine whether it remains in the euro. Greece was forced to call the new vote for June 17 after an election on...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 12 months ago
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the radical left Syriza party: 'If you don't talk you can't find a solution.' Photograph: Martin Godwin Greece 's election campaign, the second in as many months, officially kicked off on Saturday as polls indicated that...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 1 year ago
Alexis Tsipras, buoyed by a groundswell of opposition to EU-IMF imposed austerity measures, says forcing his country out of the eurozone would sink the region as a whole. The problems in Greece were those of Europe, Tsipras told Saturday's edition of...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
A rejection of austerity measures and of the eurozone bail-out in next month's fresh Athens election would be a catastrophe for the country, Greece's former technocratic prime minister, Lucas Papademos, said on Friday. Papademos's warning in an...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Since then, he has engaged in a high-stakes game of chicken with Europe's leaders. While they have scrambled to put together contingency plans in case Greece exits the euro zone, Mr. Tsipras has calmly stated his case and let the rest of Europe sweat...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
He says Greece has been used as a guinea pig for the rest of Europe. Photograph: Martin Godwin "I don't believe in heroes or saviours," says Alexis Tsipras, "but I do believe in fighting for rights no one has the right to reduce a proud people to...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
The Greek press buzzed late Friday when the office of freshly inaugurated Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos issued a statement saying Merkel, the German chancellor , had suggested that Greece should hold a referendum on the euro. In an official...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed that Greece hold a referendum on its membership in the euro zone, in tandem with parliamentary elections scheduled for next month. Share This Story A spokesman for the Athens government said that Merkel...
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Money Morning
| 1 year ago
The elections on May 6 only made the Eurozone's problems even worse. The French and the Greeks have rejected sensible policies in favor of self-delusion...As investors, we can only watch horrified, knowing that a really bad outcome would seriously...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Share This Story His comments are set to raise the stakes in an already tense stand-off between Greek politicians and their European benefactors. Tsipras, 37, is head of the Coalition of the Radical Left group, known as Syriza, and had been leading...
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The Nation
| 1 year ago
At mid-day, the Stock Exchange of Thailand index fell by 23.82 points or 2.03 per cent, on turnover of Bt13.4 billion. At the mid-day closing of 1,149.74 points, the index slightly recovered from its morning low of 1,148.81 points. Still, Securities...
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The Economic Times
| 1 year ago
European parliament chief Martin Schulz warned Friday against any Greek exit from the eurozone, saying the country's economy could collapse within days if it abandoned the single currency. "Many people believe that it would be the end of a negative...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Europe would be foolish to cut off funding to Greece, the head of Greece's radical left group says, but if it does, Greece will repudiate its debts, he said. "Our first choice is to convince our European partners that, in their own interest,...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
Greece has installed a crisis government ahead of next month's elections, as fears over its possible euro exit rocked Spain and Italy and sent European stock markets lower. The last polls left Greece in limbo, pushing markets and the euro down...
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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
May 17, 2012 Panagiotis Pikrammenos, a senior judge, is named caretaker Prime Minister on May 16, to lead Greece until fresh election on July 17. (John Kolesidis/AFP/GettyImages) Greece swore in its caretaker government on Thursday tasked with...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
Martin Godwin for the Guardian The two main figures in what promises to be Greece 's most electric election in living memory were on a collision course on Thursday, with one predicting "hell" if Athens adheres to EU-mandated austerity and the other...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Greek voters are returning to the establishment parties that negotiated its bailout, a poll showed on Thursday, offering potential salvation for European leaders who say a snap Greek election next month will decide whether it must quit the euro...EU...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Download Greece's new caretaker cabinet took office Thursday. Senior judge Panagiotis Pikrammenos, shown here in the center, will head an emergency government of professors, technocrats and politicians through a turbulent month until repeat elections...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
British prime minister David Cameron has called on eurozone leaders to either back the group's weaker economies or kick them out altogether. Mr Cameron has declared Europe is at a crossroads, saying leaders can choose between a "stable, successful...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Greece's surging leftist leader predicted on Thursday his party would sweep next month's election and refused to stop demanding an end to "barbaric" austerity policies he said were bankrupting the nation. Increasingly worried about Greece's future in...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Greece's caretaker government has named a cabinet that will run the country ahead of a new round of elections next month, following repeated failures by the country's various political parties to agree upon a unity government in the wake of a...
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The Hindustan Times
| 1 year ago
Greece on Thursday unveiled a caretaker cabinet of technocrats tasked with organising the cash-strapped nation's second elections just six weeks after an inconclusive vote sent jitters across the eurozone. The temporary team led by 67-year-old...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
The cabinet, a mix of veteran politicians and eminent economists, was sworn in on Thursday by Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos. The stopgap solution was reached after President Karolos Papoulias and political party leaders failed to agree on a coalition...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
France's new finance minister has reiterated that the country's new socialist government will not ratify the European Union's (EU) fiscal pact. Pierre Moscovici said the pact would have to include provisions for growth before France signed up. The...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
A cabinet of professors and diplomats has been sworn in in Greece to steer the debt-ridden eurozone state into repeat elections on 17 June. Panagiotis Pikrammenos, the senior judge who has taken over as prime minister, said the cabinet's sole task...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-05-17 04:00 PM Greece has appointed a Supreme Court judge Wednesday as prime minister of a caretaker government until new elections are held on June 17.
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Novinite
| 1 year ago
In particular Tsipras has accused German Chancellor Angel Merkel "playing poker with European people's lives" by insisting on austerity measures, writes the BBC. May 6 general elections in Greece , coming second with 52 seats in the 300-seat Hellenic...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Greeks withdraw hundreds of millions of euros from banks 17 May 2012 Last updated at 01:47 ET Greeks have been withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros from banks, amid fears the country may have to withdraw from the single currency. It is not yet a...
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The Hindustan Times
| 1 year ago
After inconclusive elections and fruitless political horse-trading, debt-laden Greece will finally name a government on Thursday, but only to hold the fort until fresh polls next month. A caretaker government of technocrats and retired politicians,...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned of "extremely expensive" consequences were Greece to leave the euro zone, a once taboo possibility that European leaders have begun to discuss openly after the nation descended into political chaos. Fears that...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
49 A senior judge has been sworn in as Greece's caretaker prime minister with the sole task of holding new elections on June 17. Wednesday's development followed an inconclusive general election on May 6 which delivered a strong anti-austerity...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
Oli Scarff/Getty Images A caretaker government led by a high-court judge took charge of Greece on Wednesday 10 days after it was plunged into chaos by an inconclusive poll with the express aim of steering it to fresh elections. The interim...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
As Greek political leaders announced a caretaker government Wednesday that would usher in new elections next month, bankers across Athens were glued to their computer screens to monitor a worrisome development: the continued flight of billions of...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Recent polls show that Greece's far-left Syriza party is poised to gain the most votes in the June 17 parliamentary elections. The news has many wondering exactly where the popular opposition party came from, what it represents, and how it would...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
As Greece forms an emergency caretaker government ahead of another round of parliamentary elections, the man who is expected to gain the most votes in that poll has attacked the European Union and in particular German Chancellor Angela Merkel for...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
VOA News May 16, 2012 Greece has set June 17 as the date for the country's repeat elections, after major political parties failed to form a coalition government on Tuesday following several attempts to broker a deal. The date was announced Wednesday...
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CNN Blog
| 1 year ago
Greece will hold new elections on June 17, state media reported Wednesday, after Greeks pulled hundreds of millions of euros out of the banking system amid fears that the country will not be able to stay in the European Union's single currency.
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) chief Christine Lagarde has openly discussed a Greek exit from the euro, saying the unprecedented event would be "messy" and its impact hard to asses. Share This Story When asked if Greece could leave the euro,...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Debt-scarred Greece will hold another election on June 17, following repeated failures by bickering political parties to form a coalition government in the wake of a fractious parliamentary poll from almost two weeks ago that did not result in any...
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B92
| 1 year ago
Greece will hold fresh elections on June 17 since no party managed to secure a majority in parliament and form a new government. (Tanjug) Until the elections, Greece will have an interim government. This will prolong the political crisis and push the...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Greece's president convened the crisis-struck country's political leaders once more Wednesday, this time to appoint a caretaker government that will lead the country into new elections next month after nine days of power-sharing talks collapsed. The...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Talks between Greek parties aimed at forming a coalition government have failed. Party leaders will meet President Papoulias to decide on a caretaker Prime Minister and cabinet to govern until the new parliamentary elections. Preparing for rainy days...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Global market indexes fell Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund head said Europe should prepare for a possibly "messy" Greek departure from the euro. Asian and Pacific market indexes fell 1.5 percent to more than 3 percent, with European...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Greece's political leaders meet on Wednesday to form a caretaker government to take it to a second election in just over a month, with its euro membership at stake and its president speaking of "fear that could develop into panic" at its banks.
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Independent
| 1 year ago
S financial crisis lurched into a perilous new phase as dire predictions emerged of a collapse in Greece's economy, with a run on its banks bringing an inevitable end to its membership of the euro. As leaders in Athens accepted the need for a new...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Asian markets fell Wednesday and the euro was stuck at four-month lows on news Greece will go to the polls again after talks to form a coalition failed, stoking fears it will exit the eurozone. The developments came as France's new pro-growth...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-05-16 10:16 AM The efforts to form a coalition government after May 6 Greek elections failed on the ninth day Tuesday, sending voters back to polls next month,...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
02 Greece will hold a new election after politicians failed to form a government, nine days following an inconclusive vote, prolonging a political crisis that pushes it closer to bankruptcy and exit from the euro. After a third day of failed talks...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Greek political leaders meet on Wednesday to form a caretaker government that will lead the country into its second election in just over a month, with Greece's euro membership at stake in a mounting crisis rocking world markets. Parties deeply...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
As Greece's position within the eurozone looks increasingly fragile, a man walks towards a replica of a drachma coin outside Athens town hall. Photograph: Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters Europe is facing a month of political and economic upheaval after the...
