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The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union has stunned many Greeks who have been caught in more than 2 ½ years of protests, strikes and riots against austerity measures they blame European leaders for imposing...

Germany's finance minister said Friday there is "no alternative" to cutting debt in European countries, the day after the IMF chief called for Greece to be given more time to pare its deficit. "There's no alternative to reduce in the...

The Greek government is denying a report that Minister of Mercantile Marine, Aegean and Island Policy, Kostis Mousouroulis told some 70 representatives of the Greek shipping industry that  envoys of the country's international lenders wanted 23 islands with fewer...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Thursday rejected calls for any restructuring of Greek debt held by official creditors and said any question of giving the stricken country more time to meet its budget targets should wait on a...

Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras reportedly is going to ask French officials to deliver the original list of 1,991 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva branch of HSBC Bank to check for possible tax evasion after special...

Ignoring protests by 50,000 people against the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet him in Athens on Oct. 9, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said it was proof Greece is being welcomed back into the international arena and...

Greece will miss the five-year debt reduction target that underpins the country΄s 130 billion euro bailout, according to forecasts released by one of its main lenders on Tuesday. According to Reuters, the International Monetary Fund in its fiscal monitor report...

While protests raged a few blocks from where she was having quiet talks with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that she said showed progress in his attempt to impose more austerity measures to help right the economy, German Chancellor Angela...

Greece's official creditors failed to make any visible headway Monday in averting the country's looming debt crunch, drawing a diplomatic veil over suggestions of "heated" exchanges at their latest meeting. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and EU officials...

As German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to visit Athens on Oct. 9 to meet Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäeuble said Greece will get a delayed $38.8 billion loan installment that is the last due...