Greece
Holidaymakers risk facing a Greek tragedy – to care or not to care?
We all want to know that, if we fall ill on holiday, we will be looked after and, if necessary, be brought home. As...
Greece : crisis creates medicine shortages
Greece's highly uncertain future has forced businesses into a quasi hand-to-mouth existence, with one of the most alarming effects a shortage of medicines, including...
Germany : banks are prepared for any scenario on Greece
German banks are "prepared for all possible scenarios" with regard to Greece even if their exposure remains "limited", the country's financial watchdog BaFin said...
ISDA : position on Greek debt insurance is due March 1 2012
A global body for contracts used as insurance against sovereign defaults, the ISDA, will say on Thursday if a deal to cut Greek debt...
Greece : list of Greek debt held by large European banks and insurers
Leading European banks and insurance companies hold the following amounts of Greek debt. The data, provided by the institutions thermselves, was valid at the...
ING wary of Greece
Dutch banking and insurance group ING said effects from the European debt crisis were worsening, and that serious consequences could arise from a disorderly...
Greek finance minister exits hospital
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos was released from hospital on Wednesday after a one-day stay over an inflamed appendix, a finance ministry source told...
Greece : smoking may be good for the state
Between public health and public finances, the Greek government Friday tried to split the difference, allowing smoking in some nightclubs and casinos in exchange...
Greece : no bond swap if low participation
Greece says it will not proceed with a proposed bond swap deal if private participation in the program falls short of a minimum 90%...
Greek Banks To Detail Debt Swap Position By Sept 9
Greek banks have been asked to provide details of their planned participation in a government debt swap program by Sept. 9, financial daily Imerisia...
Greece : hopes EU / private sector deal completed by October
Greek Finance Minister hopes to have completed all procedures for the new debt rescue deal, including a bond swap with private creditors, by early...
Mass blindness claims raise eyebrows in Greece
Greece, battling a crushing debt crisis, said it would probe a suspiciously high rate of blindness benefits claimed by hundreds of residents on one...
Europe : euro zone agrees Greek rescue plan
German government bonds fell early on Friday and peripheral bonds were seen rising after euro zone leaders agreed on a second rescue package for...
Fitch Ratings : European insurers’ exposure to GIP sovereigns manageable
In a new report published by Fitch Ratings, European insurers' exposure to Greek, Irish and Portuguese (GIP) sovereigns is manageable and unlikely to have...
France : French banks to participate in new Greece bailout
French banks and insurance companies will participate in a new Greek financial rescue programme "on a voluntary basis", French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday....
Greek doctors strike against revamp
Greek doctors began a four-day strike Monday against an overhaul of health care dictated by the European Union and the IMF to aid the...
Greeks protest against pensions reform
Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Greece to protest against a controversial, debt-dictated pension reform proposal that includes cuts, higher contributions and tougher retirement...
Europe to push for tougher G20 market regulation
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said several European leaders will press for a ban on certain arcane financial tools tied to the 2008 global...
British insurer Aviva says ‘very low’ risk of eurozone defaults
The boss of British insurer Aviva on Tuesday said there was a "very, very low" risk that Greece, Spain or Portugal would default on...
German banks, insurers may lend Athens 1 billion euros
Deutsche Bank and insurers Allianz and Munich Re could lend Greece one billion euros (1.3 billion dollars) on the same terms as a EU-IMF...
