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Athens - Greece's political party leaders plan to hold a crisis meeting next Tuesday to ensure the heavily indebted eurozone member avoids bankruptcy, Greek President Karolos Papoulias said Thursday. It is a national necessity that this meeting take...
European Union officials were reluctant Thursday to promise help to debt-saddled Greece, saying it was up to Athens to put its economy back on track.
ATHENS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which may affect Greek financial markets on Friday:
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Greece's prime minister has promised to trim the country's growing budget deficit, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Thursday during a meeting of European Union leaders.
Europe's leaders stared into an abyss of Greek debt on Thursday and admitted they fear a financial black hole in Athens could drag down the entire euro currency area.
The Fitch rating agency downgraded Greek long-term debt ratings on Tuesday, saying the outlook for Greek public finances was negative, marking the second such rating blow for Greece in two days.
The budget situation in Greece is "tense" but the country should avoid bankruptcy, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the eurogroup, which unites the 16 countries that share the euro, said on Thursday.
Source: Reuters ATHENS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Flash floods killed three people in central Greece following heavy rainfall, which also disrupted traffic on sea and land across wide parts of the country, authorities said ...
ATHENS -The finance crisis in Greece loomed large over an EU summit ending Friday after the government disclosed it was carrying a record debt of 300 billion euros, a burden that threatened to shake the foundations of the eurozone.
A Greek ship with a Ukrainian crew that was held by Somali pirates for seven months is freed, officials say.
The Greek government has called a crisis meeting on the countries $486 billion debt.
LONDON -- There is no risk Greece will default on its debt, Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said Wednesday, in an interview with Bloomberg Television. "We're moving swiftly to reassure...
Athens - Two people died when a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized in heavy sees off the Greek island of Leros on Friday, the Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard patrol rescued 25 migrants, but another drowned close to the shore. The body of a missi...
Greece's debt has reached the highest level in its modern history, the country's deputy finance minister Philippos Sachinidis says.
Greece's debt has reached the highest level in its modern history, the country's deputy finance minister says.
PARIS - FRANCE does not think its euro zone partner Greece is on the verge of financial collapse, Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday, amid fears over Athens' mounting public deficit and debt. 'I don't think Greece could go bankrupt,' Ms Lagarde told RMC radio, adding that her Greek counterpart Georges Papaconstantinou would come to France next week to visit her and talk about ...
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