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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras won’t be getting any sympathetic ears in Berlin and Paris where he’s hoping to persuade German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to give Greece two more years to impose more austerity...

After maintaining a curiously low profile while the uneasy coalition government led by New Democracy Conservative leader and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras readies another $14.16 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders – aimed squarely at workers, pensioners and...

The uneasy coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will hit workers, pensioners and the poor for a big chunk of the $14.16 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders in return for rescue loans, Greek media reports said....

Even as the shaky coalition government led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is having trouble finalizing some 11.5 billion euros, or $14.16 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders in return for rescue loans, another $3 billion in savings...

Hoping to press the case that Greece needs more time to hit fiscal targets demanded by international lenders, a report from the country’s Finance Ministry said that a possible recovery could be spurred by allowing two more years for...

With more signs showing that Greece is heading toward an exit from the Eurozone of the 17 countries using the euro as a currency, Finland says it’s preparing for the worst and putting together an operational contingency plan if...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, struggling to get a consensus in his shaky coalition government for another $14.16 billion in cuts and austerity measures he’d vowed to avoid, will take his case to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin...

French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici will travel to Athens in mid-September as a sign of French support for Greece's reform effort as criticism of the debt-hit nation, particularly from German officials, persists, the Athens-based newspaper Kathimerini reported. That news came...

ATHENS – Some 9.9 million Greeks are eligible to vote in the critical June 17th elections that could decide whether Greece keeps austerity and the euro, or rejects the bailouts that came with the attached pay cuts, tax hikes...

ATHENS – Locked in a battle with the New Democracy Conservatives as front-runners in the June 17 elections that could decide whether Greece leaves the Eurozone, Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tspiras has accused his rivals...