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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Articles Agents in the UK and Germany , in particular, have offered steep discounts to help kick-start slumping demand as the economic crisis hits travel spending across Europe. Residents of the two nations account for a large percentage of Greece's...
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Business World
| 11 months ago
Asian economies' growth back to levels seen during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, although a rebound will likely be faster this time. Middle East and North Africa) -- Impact of a Greek EMU (European Economic and Monetary Union) Exit, read. "...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Poland (AP) Greece and Czech Republic play on Tuesday in Group A at the European Championship in Wroclaw...All times are local to Poland. ___ 1723: Stephane Lannoy from France is the referee. If Greece win, the Czech Republic will be out of Euro 2012...
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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
12 June 2012 European Union officials have discussed measures to stop mass withdrawals from cash machines, a report claimed today, if a Greek exit were to tip the eurozone into a deeper crisis. Finance officials have also discussed imposing border...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
June 12, 2012 Stocks registered small gains on Wall Street at the start of trading Tuesday, after a late sell-off in the previous session, as investors continued to digest a bailout plan for Spanish banks. While the euro zone plan to lend Spain up to...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
The reassurance provided by the 100 billion ($125 billion) Spanish banking bailout last Saturday has already waned, and on Tuesday morning, the country's 10-year bond yields rose again to 6.67 percent, drawing closer to euro-era highs of 6.8 percent.
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The Economic Times
| 11 months ago
The rupee gave up most its gains and is now at 55.73/75 and in line with its 55.74/75 close on Monday, helped by a steadier euro and custodian bank selling. The rupee had earlier hit a session at 56.08, its highest since June 1, tracking weaker...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
To be very frank Greece played disastrously against co-hosts Poland in the opening game of the 2012 Euros. Although they managed to make a great comeback after having a man sent off early in the game, the Greeks played pretty poorly. Apart from...
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The Economic Times
| 11 months ago
Asian currencies slipped on Tuesday as worries about the eurozone's debt crisis returned to the fore after Spanish bond yields surged, and looked vulnerable ahead of weekend elections in Greece. The 10-year Spanish government bond yield climbed more...
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International Herald Tribune
| 11 months ago
Any Pole watching Ukraine's rousing 2-1 win over Sweden in Kiev will hope their team can do the same when they take on fierce rivals Russia at the cavernous National Stadium in Euro 2012 Group A on Tuesday. A planned 5,000-strong Russian march over...
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The Economic Times
| 11 months ago
All the debate about the pros and cons of a Greek exit from the euro area is missing the point: A German exit might be better for all concerned. Unless Europe's leaders take some kind of radical action, such as adopting and executing some of the many...
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New Zealand Herald
| 11 months ago
Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny will miss just one European Championship game after being sent off in the opening match against Greece...Szczesny is ineligible to face Group A leader Russia in Warsaw tomorrow. The Arsenal 'keeper can return for...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 12 months ago
Poland's players complained about the closed roof after their opening 1-1 draw against Greece at the 55,000-seat arena, saying it made the air heavy, humid and hard to breathe on the pitch. The Poles started strongly against Greece, controlling the...
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The Hutchinson News
| 12 months ago
With one draw already secured, Greece won't be playing for another. Ten-man Greece held co-host Poland to a 1-1 draw in the European Championship opener last week, and will next face the Czech Republic on Tuesday. "We won't play for a draw," Greece...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 12 months ago
European finance officials have discussed as a worst-case scenario limiting the size of withdrawals from ATM machines, imposing border checks and introducing capital controls in at least Greece should Athens decide to leave the euro. EU officials...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 12 months ago
The elephant picked the melon pointing Poland as the winner of the game on June 8. (AP Photo/Katarzyna Guratowska). Poland The elephant who got her first Euro 2012 prediction wrong has a chance for redemption. Citta has now picked Poland to beat...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 12 months ago
Greece and Finland are both in the geographic eastern periphery of the euro area , except that Greece is in the south east and Finland is in the north east. In terms of population, though Greece is almost exactly twice as big as Finland, having 10.8...
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
Story Europe's debt crisis took a turn for the worse Saturday, as Spain asked its neighbours for as much as 100-billion ($129-billion) in loans to keep its banks from failing, becoming the fourth country on the list of bailed-out euro countries as...
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New Zealand Herald
| 12 months ago
Key has just returned to New Zealand from a week-long trip to Europe, where he met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk about the Eurozone crisis. The meeting between the two was just days before the Spanish government requested European...
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New Zealand Herald
| 12 months ago
The kiwi rose to 77.53 US cents just before 8am from 76.95 cents at the close of trading in New York on Friday and 76.37 cents at the close of local trading on Friday...Spain will become the fourth euro-zone nation to receive a financial bailout...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
As European finance ministers labored on a plan to shore up Spanish banks in recent days, the urgency of that mission was driven by events in a country at the other edge of the euro zone: Greece. The Spanish banking rescue agreed to on Saturday will...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 12 months ago
As Greece prepares to vote, euro issues dominate election battleground Jon Henley returns to Greece to see how people's lives are affected by ongoing crisis during the 17 June election runup A soup kitchen in Athens, Greece: while Greeks oppose...
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The Jakarta Post
| 12 months ago
Injury-hit Greece has been stung by another setback ahead of Tuesday's Group A match against the Czech Republic, with midfielder Giorgos Fotakis pulling out of training with a right thigh injury. Greece will be missing two key defenders against the...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Developments in Greece and Spain could lead first to rating reviews and then to rating actions on all 17 countries in the euro zone, Moody's Investors Service announced Friday. Greece will conduct snap parliamentary elections on June 17, and Spain...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
Spain announced after a three-hour video conference call that it would become the fourth and largest nation to request assistance, but officials did not specify the size of the assistance fund. Finance ministers from the 17 nations that use the euro...
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Taiwan News
| 12 months ago
With two key players missing from Greece's next match at the European Championship, Greece coach Fernando Santos is asking for more discipline from his players. Central defender Avraam Papadopoulos flew home Saturday with ligament damage in his left...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Warsaw's mayor on Saturday praised the safe party atmosphere in the city for the opening night of Euro 2012, during which some 140,000 people passed through the fan zone and police reported only a handful of incidents. "We have three weeks to go of...
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Inquirer.net
| 12 months ago
Euro 2012 was kicking off in Poland and Ukraine Friday amid fears that racism and politics could overshadow Europe's premier football showcase, held for the first time in nations once behind the Iron Curtain. Warsaw and Kiev hoped to use the...
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The Jakarta Post
| 12 months ago
Poland's new National Stadium in Warsaw was a vibrant mix of color and noise as the co-host took early control against Greece. Still, a Polish side also cheered on by 100,000 supporters watching on giant screens in Warsaw city center was ultimately...
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Taiwan News
| 12 months ago
The mood among Poland's expectant supporters shifted from enthusiastic cheering to silent disbelief and finally to resigned relief. About 110,000 people packed into Warsaw's fan zone Friday for the European Championship's opening game between Poland...
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France24
| 12 months ago
Russia hammer Czechs as hosts are held to draw Russia started Euro 2012 in impressive style on Friday with a 4-1 victory over the Czech Republic in Wroclaw, while co-hosts Poland fought out a 1-1 draw against Greece in Warsaw. Russia thrashed the...
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Taiwan News
| 12 months ago
Polish police say they have detained four Ukrainian feminists after they removed their shirts in front of Warsaw's National Stadium to protest against the European Championship. The women belong to the group Femen, which opposes Euro 2012 because it...
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China Post
| 12 months ago
Locked behind the Iron Curtain just two decades ago, Poland and Ukraine will roll out the welcome mat for fans from across the globe when the Euro 2012 soccer championships kick off Friday in Warsaw...On the eve of the opening match between Poland...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
Euro 2012 began on Friday, with Poland's 1-1 draw with Greece as eventful as the tournament's turbulent build-up, as both sides were reduced to 10 men and the host's reserve goalkeeper saved a penalty with his first touch. Borussia Dortmund striker...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 12 months ago
Poland (AP) Robert Lewandowski gave Poland a 1-0 lead over Greece at halftime Friday, heading in a goal in the 17th minute in the opening match of the European Championship...And with Greece goalkeeper Costas Chalkias coming off his line and defender...
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News 24
| 12 months ago
SA Football Association (Safa) vice-president Danny Jordaan has decided not to travel to the Euro Euro 2012 finals as a sign of protest against the racism reports that have emanated from the two co-hosting nations Poland and Ukraine. Jordaan along...
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France24
| 12 months ago
After racism row, Euro 2012 switches to football The Euro 2012 football tournament gets underway in Warsaw on Friday with co-hosts Poland facing the 2004 champions, Greece. Experts say the cup's surprise package could be France, who take on arch-...
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
Story Globe columnist John Doyle discusses Euro 2012 from the Football Factory, a Toronto soccer bar Video screen grab video On Thursday, a national holiday in Poland, the venue for today's game seemed to be the focus for the entire population of the...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 12 months ago
In this May 19, 2012 file photo Chelsea's Didier Drogba, left, celebrates with Dutch soccer legend Ruud Gullit at the end of the Champions League final soccer match between Bayern Munich and Chelsea in Munich, Germany. Ruud Gullit says he doesn't...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
Euro 2012, as reports of a hate crime involving local hooligans against English and Russian speaking' fans began circulating in the co-host nation of Poland late Thursday night. The reported incident took place in the city of Lodz, where...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
History loomed large over Europe's largest fanzone beneath Warsaw's Stalin-era Palace of Culture as some 50,000 football supporters started the party before Friday's kick-off of the Euro 2012. The gargantuan-kitsch gift from the Soviets was draped in...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin would also be at the game but soccer's European governing body later said he would not be in attendance. Russia and the Czech Republic kick off at 8.45 pm (1845 GMT) following the opening game between co-hosts Poland...
