Greece set to pick new PMLucas Papademos, a former deputy head of the European Central Bank, was on Monday tipped to emerge as Greek prime minister as leaders bargained over who will lead a new coalition to push through a bailout before the country runs out of money in mi More… |
Greek PM seals sketchy deal under EU pressureGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou sealed a deal with the opposition on a crisis coalition to approve an international bailout, but details remain thin despite an EU ultimatum for Athens to get serious about tackling its huge problems. More… |
Greek PM wins key survival voteGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived a vote of confidence in parliament on Saturday, avoiding snap elections that would have torpedoed Greece's debt bailout deal and inflamed the euro zone's economic crisis. But the nati More… |
Greek PM faces cliff-hanger survival voteGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a cliff-hanger confidence vote on Friday after his plan for a referendum on an EU/IMF bailout - supposed to save both Greece and the euro zone from disaster - backfired spectacularly. Even if hi More… |