Troika
Cyprus
Greek Loan May Wait Until December
While the Greek Parliament has given the go-ahead to a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan needed to secure release of a long-delayed $38.8 billion installment from international lenders, the money may not be disbursed until December,...
Cyprus
Cyprus, Lenders Resume Talks on Friday
International lenders resume bailout talks with Cyprus on Friday, authorities said, in an attempt to secure badly needed financial aid by the end of the year for an island exposed to Greece΄s debt meltdown.
A team representing the lenders, known...
Economy
Cut to the Bone: The Samaras Measures
Already buried by 2 ½ years of austerity measures imposed by the government on the demand of international lenders putting up $325 billion in bailouts for the country’s faltering economy, Greek workers, pensioners and the poor will face another...
Economy
Samaras' Last Push for Austerity Support
With his shaky coalition on the verge of breaking apart, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has reached out to lawmakers to back a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan he promised would be the last round of...
Economy
Divided Greece Torn by Hard Times, Austerity
With Greece running out of cash and time, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ shaky coalition government faces its most crucial test on Nov. 7 when a 13.5 billion euros ($17.45 billion) spending cut and tax hike plan goes to parliament...
Business
Cyprus Bailout Boon for Rich Russians
An international bailout of as much as $12.83 billion for Cyprus to prop up its banks pushed to the edge of insolvency by exposure to devalued Greek bonds, could wind up benefiting Russian oligarchs, wealthy business executives and gangsters...
Greece
Banking's Big Lie Breaks Cyprus
If banks loaned money at their own risk, there would be far less reprehensible moneymaking in the world. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Convinced that banks had all the answers to the ever-increasing socio-economic problems, governments have endorsed...
Economy
A Test for Samaras as Greece Closes Down
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ uneasy coalition government faces its toughest test this week when a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan aimed squarely at workers, pensioners and the poor goes to Parliament for a vote on...
Business
Vaxevanis Says Greece Hiding Corruption
A Greek journalist acquitted of violating privacy laws for publishing a list of 2,059 depositors with $1.95 billion in a Swiss bank being kept secret by the government, said the country’s political and rich are trying to muzzle the...
Economy
Syriza MEP Chountis Says Labor Reforms Unlawful
Nikos Chountis, one of the Greek Coalition for the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Members of the European Parliament, has asked the European Union (EU) to withdraw its demands for changes to labor laws in Greece part of a new package...