Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. Greece strikes deal on austerity measures | February 9, 2012 |
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ECB president says agreement on cuts has been reached. The Greek government has reached a deal on additional austerity measures that it must implement to qualify for a... |
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| 2. Eurozone finance ministers to meet on Greek bail-out | February 8, 2012 |
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Greek parties expected to reach agreement on austerity measures tonight. The finance ministers of the eurozone are to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow night (9 February) to... |
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| 3. Greek parties fail to reach deal on new loan terms | February 5, 2012 |
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Negotiations on measures to satisfy EU and IMF on second bail-out to resume Monday. Talks in Greece aimed at securing a new €130 billion international bail-out for the... | |
| 4. Greece's ‘invisible' green crisis | January 19, 2012 |
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EU environmental policy is one of the casualties of Greece's austerity drive. Behind the depressingly familiar street demonstrations beamed almost nightly from Greece are... |
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| 5. Austerity and the modern banker | December 24, 2011 |
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Austerity is a word they do not know.
Santa Claus came early this year for four former executives of Washington Mutual (WaMu), a large US bank that failed in fall 2008.... |
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| 6. The worst and the best of austerity | December 21, 2011 |
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Since the summer, smart consolidation of public finances has given way to growth-impairing cuts. In June, it was Greece. In August, it was France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.... |
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| 7. Up in lights | October 27, 2011 |
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A shiny new backdrop for a crisis. These may be tough days for the euro, and there is much talk of austerity, but hang the expense when it comes to looking good for the... | |
| 8. Greece passes austerity vote | June 29, 2011 |
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Vote paves the way for Greece to receive a €12bn loan in July from the EU and IMF. The Greek parliament has narrowly approved a package of
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| 9. Barroso offers Greece early access to cohesion funds | June 21, 2011 |
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Greece could get €1bn to soften effect of austerity measures. José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, said today that he wants to give Greece... |
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| 10. Finance ministers delay Greek loan decision until July | June 20, 2011 |
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Latest €12bn depends on Greece introducing austerity measures. Finance ministers of the 17 countries which use the euro have delayed a final decision on releasing a... |
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| 11. Portugal aid package 'to be finalised by May' | April 8, 2011 |
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Austerity measures will have to be introduced as condition of bail-out.
Portugal to seek bail-out
The EU hopes to agree a package of financial loans to... |
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| 12. Portuguese prime minister resigns | March 23, 2011 |
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Request for eurozone/IMF loans expected. Jóse Sócrates, the Portuguese prime minister, announced his resignation on Wednesday night after the country's... |
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| 13. Portugal announces new set of austerity measures | March 11, 2011 |
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Fresh wave of cuts declared as eurozone leaders meet in Brussels.
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| 14. Ireland's lenders wait for budget approval | December 2, 2010 |
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Ireland's parliament to vote on budget on Tuesday; approval will release up to €85bn of loans. The Irish parliament will vote on approval of the four-year austerity... |
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| 15. Unions to protest against austerity measures | August 24, 2010 |
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EU-wide day of action organised for 29 September. Europe's trade unions have announced that they are organising an EU-wide day of protest on 29 September against government... |
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| 16. Andor warns of hasty austerity measures | June 24, 2010 |
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Commissioner concerned about emergency plans as social programmes ‘risk being sidelined'. László Andor, the European commissioner for employment and social... |
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| 17. Austerity may kill economies before it cures | June 24, 2010 |
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Budget cuts will only work if they go hand in hand with demand-led growth. The medicine is unproven, but the patients are in a desperate condition.The European Union is... | |
| 18. Support for Spain's and Portugal's austerity plans | June 15, 2010 |
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Commission says further measures will be needed in 2011 budgets. The European Commission said today (15 June) that austerity packages adopted by the Spanish and Portuguese... | |
| 19. Greece gets bail-out money | May 18, 2010 |
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First tranche of loan money handed over. Eurozone governments today (18 May) provided a first tranche of financial aid to Greece worth €14.5 billion. It comes from a... |
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| 20. Spain to make sharp budget cuts | May 12, 2010 |
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US joins EU in pressing Spain to start reforms urgently. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, will today (12 May) present a package of severe... |
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