Greece, battling for bailout, finds extra budget savings (Reuters)

ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) ? Greece said on Thursday it had found extra budget savings demanded by its international lenders, suggesting a new rescue package is within reach even though acrimony simmered between Athens and its European partners. Greece is scrambling to clinch the 130 billion euro ($170 billion) bailout at a meeting of euro zone finance [...]

Posted in wrapped up on February 17th, 2012
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EU ministers push bondholders in Greek deal

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, left, speaks with Luxembourg’s Prime Minister and head of the eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker during a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. European finance ministers will try on Monday to give new momentum to talks on a Greek debt relief deal that is crucial to [...]

Posted in wrapped up on January 26th, 2012
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