Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Greek parliament OKs civil union for same-sex couples

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ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's parliament early on Wednesday approved a bill granting same-sex couples the right to a civil union, despit...
Monday, August 24, 2015

China fears, global growth doubts grip markets

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MADRID - Markets are watching for China's next move as signs of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy stack up, raisin...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Greece does about-face, pledges big privatization push

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ATHENS — Work was supposed to begin next year on a 7 billion euros ($7.6 billion) waterfront urban renewal project almost twice the size ...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Greece faces D-Day after 'difficult' bailout talks halted

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BRUSSELS, Belgium - Greece on Sunday faced a final EU summit to clinch a deal that would stop Athens crashing out of the euro after divid...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Asia extends losses as China woes spread, yen shoots up

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TOKYO - Asian equities extended losses on Thursday as concerns over China's market turmoil spread, while the safe-haven yen shot to a...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Greece submits fresh plan on eve of EU emergency summit

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ATHENS, Greece - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented new proposals to European leaders Sunday aimed at ending his country's...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Wall St falls as Greek deadline looms; indexes up for week

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NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Friday ahead of a summit next week that could decide whether Greece will need to print its own currency an...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

U.S. shares drop on Greece uncertainty, rate hike anticipation

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NEW YORK - A setback in Greek debt talks pushed U.S. and European shares lower on Friday, along with investor views that positive U.S. da...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Euro, stocks fall as anti-austerity party wins Greek election

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TOKYO - The euro skidded to near an 11-year low and U.S. stock futures fell on Monday as Greece's Syriza party promised to roll back ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Low-birth Greece takes a further hit from crisis

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ATHENS - In a nursery of a private maternity hospital in Athens, three mothers feed their newborns while another three babies nap nearby. ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

World Bank will not provide loans to Greece - president

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STOCKHOLM - The World Bank will limit its work in Greece to offering expertise, and will not provide loans, the bank's president, Jim...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

World No. 2 Coke Bottler Profit Hit by Austerity, Costs

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ATHENS (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH), the world's second-largest bottler of Coca-Cola Co. soft drinks, shed 25 percent of profit...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Greece to Present Debt Inspectors 'Alarming' Data

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A spokesman for Greece's new government says it will present "alarming" data on its recession and unem...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Japan urges Europe to help banks after Greek election

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TOKYO — Japan on Monday pressed Greece to swiftly form a new cabinet after pro-bailout parties won a weekend election, and called on Europ...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Global economy week ahead: US tiptoes around the euro crisis

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WASHINGTON - The US employment report for May will measure America's economic resilience to the political turmoil in Europe that is w...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Tokyo shares close mixed

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TOKYO — Tokyo stocks closed mixed on Monday with analysts saying worries over political uncertainty in Greece was weighing on investor sent...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

A Perfect Family Holiday Destination

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Traveling to Greece is an experience that one will surely treasure for a lifetime. Greece is located in south-eastern Europe and it's ve...