Greek Anti-austerity Protests Turn Violent

Greek Anti-austerity Protests Turn Violent Anti-austerity protests turned violent in Athens on Thursday, with hundreds of youths hurling gasoline bombs and rocks at riot police. Tens of thousands of Greek workers struck and marched to protest demands

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Europe Greece and the euro 欧洲 希腊与欧元 Toil and trouble 受苦受难 The government gets its latest austerity measures through, but only just 希腊新一轮紧缩政策终以微弱优势通过 Greeces fragile coalition government only nar

PBS高端访谈:欧元的贬值会结束欧洲经济的回暖势头么?

JEFFREY BROWN: And we explore this more now with economist Jacob Kirkegaard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University. And, Ken Rogoff, let me start where our piece just ended. How bad is the overa

世界小史 第62期:苏克斯人

When the Greeks came to Greece, they were not yet Greeks. 当希腊人移入希腊时，他们还不是希腊人。 Does that sound strange? Yet it is true. 这听起来不奇怪吗？但是这却是真的。 For the fact is that when the tribes from

希腊加紧努力吸引外资促进旅游业

希腊加紧努力吸引外资促进旅游业 ATHENS, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Greece is seeking to step up efforts to attract foreign capital, boost tourism and support its economic recovery via a new legislation going into effect as of May which includ

G20 Agrees to Boost IMF Resources

The Group of 20 leading economies have agreed to boost the resources of the International Monetary Fund to help curb the European debt crisis. European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said the decision was reached Friday at the G20 summit in the Fr

G20 Hope to Move Beyond Greek Crisis

After the Greek political crisis dominated the first day of the G20 economic summit, the second and final day is expected to focus largely on the health of the global economy. Large industrial countries gathered in Cannes expressed relief at Greece's

阿尔巴尼亚总统敦促希腊废除二战时期战争法

阿尔巴尼亚总统敦促希腊废除二战时期战争法 TIRANA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The president of Albania Bujar Nishani on Monday requested the visiting Greek President Karolos Papoulias to push Greek Parliament to scrap a World War II-era law

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The Torch Relay area is responsible for the planning and activities related to the passage of the Olympic flame from Olympia in Greece to and around the host country, up to the Olympic stadium. The OCOG may establish a functional area dealing with To

Greek leaders agree on fresh austerity measures

ATHENS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Greek three-party coalition government leaders reached on Wednesday an agreement on the framework of a series of fresh austerity measures worth 11.5 billion euros (13.8 billion U.S. dollars) to secure further tranches o

Greek Cabinet Mulls Austerity Mandates

Greek cabinet members are discussing how best to implement a series of budget cuts and other austerity measures that have already sparked rioting in the streets. The officials gathered Saturday in Athens, facing several difficult choices. The austeri

Greek Police Clash with Austerity Protesters

Greek police clashed Tuesday with some of the thousands of striking workers in Athens protesting the latest austerity measures the government is seeking to impose to meet the demands of the country's international creditors. Some demonstrators charge

Greek Leader Warns of 'Uncontrolled Default'

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos says his country faces an uncontrolled default unless worker unions and employers can agree on wage cuts to boost Greece's economic competitiveness. The interim Greek leader met with labor leaders and business rep

Merkel: Eurozone Often Failed to Keep Economic Promises

Merkel: Eurozone Often Failed to Keep Economic Promises German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that too often countries in Europe's euro currency bloc have failed to keep their promises for economic reforms, leading to worries that their debts will not

《纽约时报》详解：希腊经济危机始末

How did Greece get to this point? 希腊如何落到今天这般田地？ Greece became the epicenter of Europes debt crisis after Wall Street imploded in 2008. With global financial markets still reeling, Greece announced in October 2009 that it had

希腊面临被踢出申根区威胁

The EU is warning Greece it faces suspension from the Schengen passport-free travel zone unless it overhauls its migration crisis response by mid-December, as frustration mounts over Athens reluctance to accept outside support. 欧盟警告希腊，该

希腊金融危机加剧 银行集体停业至7月

Greek banks are to remain closed and capital controls will be imposed, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says. 希腊总理阿莱克斯齐普拉斯宣布，该国的银行将继续停业，并实施资本管制。 Speaking after the European Central Bank

希腊人公投拒绝救助条款

Voters in Greece have overwhelmingly rejected the terms of a new international bailout in a referendum. With almost all the votes counted, official figures show 61 percent of Greeks rejected the bailout offer. The astonishingly strong victory by the

U.S. treasury secretary supports Greek reform package

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Sunday threw U.S. support behind the latest Greek economic reform package and said the United States would encourage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to back this agreem

Belgium Buys Subsidiary of Troubled Dexia Bank

Belgium decided Monday to buy a subsidiary of the financially troubled Dexia bank, the first victim of new European worries about the spread of Greece's debt crisis. The Belgian government said it is paying $5.4 billion to buy the national subsidiary