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Exit from eurozone is Greece's worst option, says Jean-Claude Trichet - The Guardian

2010-09-05
Exit from eurozone is Greece's worst option, says Jean-Claude TrichetThe GuardianHighlighting the scepticism surrounding Greek efforts to solve the crisis, the head of Germany's prestigious thinktank IFO Institute, Hans-Werner Sinn, ...Greek euro exit worst option - TrichetNew Zealand HeraldTrichet says a Greece exit from euro worst optionBusinessWeekall 29 news articles »

Greece's "Economic Crisis" and Its Effect on Travelers - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

2010-09-03
Greece's "Economic Crisis" and Its Effect on TravelersSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)In my mind, the biggest impact of the crisis on anyone considering visiting Greece is the satisfaction you'll get from contributing to the economy of a ...

Greek PM says Greece can overcome economic crisis - Xinhua

2010-09-03
VietNamNet BridgeGreek PM says Greece can overcome economic crisisXinhuaATHENS, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Greece will manage to overcome the crisis, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stressed on Friday, sending a message of hope ...Greece introduces smoking banCar Rentalsall 28 news articles »

Greece inaugurates new campaign to ban smoking in enclosed public areas - Xinhua

2010-09-01
The GuardianGreece inaugurates new campaign to ban smoking in enclosed public areasXinhuaAs Greece faces an economic crisis and tries to save costs, by changing mentality in many issues, the government implements a new law to reduce smoking. ...Smoking ban introduced in GreeceBBC NewsWill the Greeks stop smoking?Aljazeera.net (blog)Greece smoking ban takes effectAFPSky News -Stop Smoking Lounge (blog) -Marketplace (blog)all 400 news articles »

Deposits Drop as Greeks Use Up Savings After Salaries Fall - Bloomberg

2010-09-01
Deposits Drop as Greeks Use Up Savings After Salaries FallBloombergGreece's economy will shrink 4 percent this year and 2.6 percent in 2011, the government forecast in May. Domestic households “seem to have begun drawing ...and more »

Impact of naked credit default swaps - International Business Times

2010-09-05
International Business TimesImpact of naked credit default swapsInternational Business TimesA trader works in a dealing room at a Greek bank in Athens, April 13, 2010. Subscribe to The Economic Monitor to get the day's most relevant news, ...

Greek Gov't Due to Reshuffle ahead of Local Elections - CRIENGLISH.com

2010-09-05
CRIENGLISH.comGreek Gov't Due to Reshuffle ahead of Local ElectionsCRIENGLISH.comFormer Citizen Solicitor George Kaminis will contest the mayorship of the City of Athens against the current mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis. ...

Athens shops pull down shutters on recovery hopes - Reuters

2010-09-03
Athens shops pull down shutters on recovery hopesReutersThe rows of empty shops show the debt crisis has now entered a new stage, spilling over from financial markets and newspaper headlines to the streets under ...and more »

Greece's Temple of Athena Nike restoration complete - AFP

2010-09-03
AFPGreece's Temple of Athena Nike restoration completeAFPThe Greek government promised in May to continue the restoration, despite a crippling financial crisis, with the help of European funds. ...and more »

Greek PM seeks consensus on austerity measures - Xinhua

2010-09-02
Greek Reporter (blog)Greek PM seeks consensus on austerity measuresXinhuaATHENS, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou held a meeting with representatives of the Greek business world and labor unions on ...ANALYSIS-Papandreou may reshuffle cabinet but won't rock boatForexyardall 11 news articles »

Rick Steves: Blog Gone Europe - Greece's "Economic Crisis" and Its ...

2010-09-01
I just got back from eight days in Greece — Athens and the island of Hydra — updating my guidebook there. Before my visit, people were concerned that my trip would be complicated by the country's "economic meltdown. ...

Greek PM says Greece can overcome economic crisis - Windows Live

2010-09-05
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou delivers a speech during a gathering of the National Council of the ruling socialist party PASOK in Athens, capital of Greece, Sept. 3, 2010. Papandreou voiced determination for changes in debt-ridden Greece that faces a severe economic ... Greece will manage to overcome the crisis, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stressed on Friday, sending a message of hope to Greek people who suffer from a severe economic crisis this year. ...

XE.com - Greek bourse lifts short-selling ban

2010-09-01
After the market closed that day, Standard & Poor's cut Greece's credit rating to speculative grade. It was the second time during the global economic crisis the securities watchdog moved to ban short sales on the Athens exchange. ...

Greece riots and street fights 3 killed may 5 2010 | Business

2010-05-05
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek anger over new austerity measures erupted into flaming protests Wednesday in Athens, as rioters tried to storm Parliament, hurled Molotov cocktails at police and torched buildings. ... @cheesemonkey472 the greek riots have everything to do with America you dumb fuck!! American capitalists are the ones who have brought it upon themselves for an economic crisis but therefore affecting the rest of the world along with them! the riots are simple ...

Greek Financial Crisis: Did 2004 Athens Olympics Spark Problems In ...

2010-06-03
ATHENS, Greece — When it comes to overspending, Greece gets the gold medal. Governments in the Greek capital of Athens haven't balanced a budget in nearly 40 years, and the country narrowly averted bankruptcy in May before panicky ...

Exit from eurozone is Greece's worst option, says Jean-Claude ...

2010-09-05
Photograph Uwe Anspach/EPA Greece's exit from the eurozone would be the “worst possible option”, Europe's central bank chief said at the weekend amid concerns over the debt-stricken country's ability to pull itself out of crisis. ... the prime minister, with threats of renewed civil unrest over government austerity policies in the run-up to the leader's keynote annual economic speech, the ECB president sought to squash speculation that Athens' only solution was to revert ...

Greek Riots, Protests, Strikes Over Fiscal Plan « World Video News

2010-09-05
Demonstrators clashed with police in Athens again Thursday, as Greeks took to the streets in anger over the government's austerity plan. Police, firefighters and coast guard officers joined the protest. (11 March 2010) ... they might not be in a fiscal crisis to begin with. UrbanGuerilla88. September 5th, 2010 at 6:43 pm. #136340. @Reiben91 well duh the bankers run the EU you flemish shit. EU is a communist fascist state. Greece need to get out of the fucking EU. ...

Frappé, cult official beverage of Greek economic crisis

2010-07-12
Frappé, cult official beverage of Greek economic crisis | Having an obligatory iced coffee in the Greek capital is a heady mix of the crisis, anarchic events and corruption at all levels with the wisest and healthiest farniente ...

Greece | Journalist Assassination | Political Instability ...

2010-07-20
The assassination of a Greek journalist has added to the country's instability while facing an economic crisis. Here protesters gesture in front of the Greek parliament in Athens June 29, 2010. (John Kolesidis/Reuters) Click to enlarge ...

August Full Moon in Athens: Sites Guards Threaten to Kill the ...

2010-08-22
Because the public servants guarding the sites probably haven't anything about Greece's economic crisis. In a meeting with representatives of the Panhellenic Union of Employees Safe Antiquities (PEFFA), the Deputy Minister of Culture ...

Greek PM says Greece can overcome economic crisis

2010-09-04
Greece will manage to overcome the crisis, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stressed on Friday, sending a message of hope to Greek people who suffer from a severe economic crisis this year.

Athens shops pull down shutters on recovery hopes

2010-09-03
There are more employees than clients in Andreas Triandafillidis' clothes shop in central Athens. Austerity has kicked in and the shirts stay on the shelves despite a 50 percent discount.

FEATURE-Athens shops pull down shutters on recovery hopes

2010-09-03
FEATURE-Athens shops pull down shutters on recovery hopes

Financial experts see trouble looming ahead

2010-09-05
CERNOBBIO, Italy - Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the U.S. looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a generally gloomy outlook - especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.

EC Slams Bulgaria, Greece for Delaying Joint EU Projects

2010-09-05
EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn has expressed concern and bewilderment at the failure of Bulgaria and Greece to take advantage of the European Territorial Cooperation Program.

Trichet says a Greece exit from euro worst option

2010-09-04
European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet says if Greece were to leave the eurozone and revert to the drachma that would be the "worst possible option."

Bank Deposits Drop as Greeks Use Savings Amid Crisis

2010-09-02
Marina Efthymiou, who works in a state-run call center in the Greek capital of Athens, is tapping her bank savings to meet living expenses after her income declined amid the country’s debt crisis.

Greece makes progress on deficit

2010-09-04
Greece has made “considerable progress” in dealing with its financial crisis, according to the latest assessment from European Union and International Monetary Fund inspectors, but all is still not well in the Mediterranean country.

Experts See Trouble Ahead For Developed World

2010-09-04
CERNOBBIO, Italy Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the U.S. looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a generally gloomy outlook especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.

Experts see trouble ahead for developed world

2010-09-03
Experts gathered in Italy Friday offered a generally gloomy outlook — especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.