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Greeks protest austerity cuts before vote

Source country deccanherald Friday, February 10, 2012 7:56:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: George Karatzaferis[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Evangelos Venizelos[1]; Lucas Papademos[1];

Striking Greek workers denounced a new wave of austerity on Friday as an imposition too far by Europe and the IMF. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told the nation it faced a stark choice between sacrifices inside the euro area and bigger sacrifices outside....

Greeks hit the streets, comparing latest austerity measures to dictatorship

Source country csmonitor Friday, February 10, 2012 5:58:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Sector Involvement[1];

Other categories: Market; Monetary Issues EU; Financial Crisis; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

Greek leaders say the country has no choice but to adopt the latest round of austerity measures, but eurozone leaders are skeptical Greece will follow through....

Greek deal in disarray as party leader rejects bailout 16:25 Coalition leader refuses to support rescue package, accusing Germany of 'playing poker'

Source country irishtimes Friday, February 10, 2012 5:46:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Sector Involvement[1]; Lucas Papademos[1]; George Karatzaferis[1]; Evangelos Venizelos[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: EC News; Market; Financial Crisis; Reform; European Central Bank;

Striking Greek workers denounced a new wave of austerity today as an imposition too far by Europe and the IMF. Finance minister Evangelos Venizelos told the nation it faced a stark choice between sacrifices inside the euro area and bigger sacrifices outside....

Greek anger boils over as country faces bankruptcy

Source country msnbc Friday, February 10, 2012 5:19:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; George Karatzaferis[1];

Other categories: Financial Crisis;

Black-masked protesters threw Molotov cocktails and police fired teargas during clashes in central Athens Friday, as striking Greek workers denounced a new wave of austerity Friday....

Greeks strike against austerity before crucial vote (Reuters)

Source country news-yahoo Friday, February 10, 2012 4:30:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Stephen Brown[1]; David Stamp[1]; Janet McBride[2]; Paul Taylor[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Sector Involvement[1]; Lucas Papademos[1]; Tatiana Fragou[1]; Ingrid Melander[1]; George Karatzaferis[1]; Evangelos Venizelos[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: EC News; Financial Crisis; Market; Reform; European Central Bank;

Reuters - Striking Greek workers denounced a new wave of austerity on Friday as an imposition too far by Europe and the IMF. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told the nation it faced a stark choice between sacrifices inside the euro area and bigger sacrifices outside....

Greeks strike against austerity before crucial vote

Source country ibtimes-au Friday, February 10, 2012 4:29:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Ingrid Melander[1]; Stephen Brown[1]; David Stamp[1]; Janet McBride[2]; Paul Taylor[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Sector Involvement[1]; Tatiana Fragou[1];

Other categories: EC News; Financial Crisis; Market; Reform;

Greeks strike against IMF/EU austerity before crucial

Source country ibtimes-au Friday, February 10, 2012 1:50:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Ingrid Melander[1]; Stephen Brown[1]; David Stamp[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Sector Involvement[1]; Tatiana Fragou[1];

Other categories: Market; Financial Crisis; EC News; Reform;

Striking Greek workers denounced a new wave austerity on Friday as a demand too far by the IMF and EU, but Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told the nation it had to decide within days whether to take the pain and stay in the euro or not....

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