Fri, Sep 03 2010
The EU and IMF may have welcomed the new austerity measures, but on March 4, protesters occupied Greece's finance ministry roof during a protest against the government's decision the previous day.
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The third general strike is underway in Greece on March 11. Public services have shut down and air traffic controllers have sealed off national airspace.
Obama pledges friendship to debt-riddled Greece, and thanks Papandreou for his initiatives to extend security and stability in the region, including in Cyprus and Turkey
After meeting with the Greek prime minister, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton praised Papandreou for his efforts to improve his nation's economy.
Athens insists that it wants support to be able to borrow at favourable conditions, and is not seeking a bailout from the European Union.
Encouraging words from ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet as Papandreou heads to meet Merkel in Berlin, seeking support for the economic recovery plan; but protests and strikes at home.
A large amount of Greek savings have been directed to the Bulgarian economy through outflows from Greek banks to their Bulgarian subsidiaries and any implications otherwise are insulting to Greek fellow bankers, Iskrov said
South Eastern Europe anxiously watches the ripples from the Greek economic crisis
The banks says it had reported growth in all business segments despite the economic situation in the country
This is the full text issued by the International Monetary Fund after its mission's visit to Bulgaria.
Under pressure from the European Union, the government has approved a new package of tax increases and spending cuts to save about 4.8bn euro and decrease the budget deficit from the current 12.7 per cent to 8.4 per cent by the end of 2010
Spending cuts, increase in VAT and freeze on pensions approved by prime minister George Papandreou's ministers at a meeting on March 3 2010.
EIB delivers 'unprecedented volume of effective and large-scale' funding for recovery in Europe and Greece
But Greek banks operating in Bulgaria say that there is no liquidity outflow.
Impact of the global financial crisis: don't lump all new EU member states together, European Parliament debate told.
Athens should adopt further measures to reduce public deficit or face sanctions, Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker tells Greek newspaper.
Suffocation for Serbia’s bid to pursue its campaign against Kosovo independence at UN level
The issue of property will be the focus of the talks, which is scheduled to run all day on September 7 and 10.
Close relative of velociraptor hunted the inhabitants of Late Cretaceous Europe, an island archipelago largely isolated from nearby continents.
Bulgaria’s Regional Development and Public Works Minister Rosen Plevneliev and Macedonia’s local government minister Musa Xhaferi were scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding on the programme on August 31 2010.
The acclaimed actress and activist, who met with the chair of the presidency, Haris Silajdžic, and presidency member Željko Komšic during her visit, called for urgent measures to improve the lives of the displaced, many of whom are elderly or ill and are barely able to look after themselves.