Venizelos

ATHENS – As speculation intensified that Greece would default, the crisis that has gripped the country for 18 months, setting off protests and riots over government-imposed pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions to satisfy international lenders putting up...

Strapped for cash and facing the prospect of being unable to pay workers without the next installment of rescue loans from international lenders, Greece has frozen payments to its creditors, but will keep sending out checks for salaries and...