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Yves Herman/Reuters From left, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg and Olli Rehn, the European Monetary Affairs Commissioner, at a joint news conference on Tuesday. BRUSSELS — Greece finally secured i
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BRUSSELS — After months of tense negotiations, euro zone finance ministers worked through the night Monday on a deal for a second giant bailout to bring Greece back from the brink of default, subject to strict conditions and in exchange for yet more seve
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WOLFGANG Schäuble is, in many ways, the strongest – perhaps even the last – Europhile in the German government. But open the pages of Greek newspapers and there he is, the German finance minister depicted in Nazi uniform. It is not just the inflammatory
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BRUSSELS — After months of fraught negotiation, euro zone finance ministers were poised to bring Greece back from the brink of default Monday by agreeing to a second giant bailout in exchange for severe austerity measures — and subject to strict conditio
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GREECE’S participation in Nato has not managed to respond to the significant threat represented by Turkey, Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas told a special event held to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s membership of the military bloc on February
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ARE THEY bluffing or are they serious in setting the stage for a disorderly default and unceremonial ouster of Greece from the eurozone? The debate about the economic risks or gains in the eurozone from the Greek debt crisis has shifted this week to the
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Grappling with a litany of fresh conditions from creditors: Evangelos Venizelos (L) and Lucas Papademos With the Greek political system still reeling from the passage of the harsh EU-IMF bailout package, which decimated the parliamentary strength of Paso
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It would make no sense to split the second bailout programme for Greece, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted as saying by the weekly Tagesspiegel am Sonntag. "If Greece gets all the necessary approvals and implements reforms and clears
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President Karolos Papoulias has lashed out at their German paymasters, especially the comments by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, which stirred yet more anger in Greece. He said about the Greek mess: "We can help, but we are not going to pour
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So what if German President Christian Wulff last week quit under the cloud of corruption, piling even more pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel? So what if Nicolas Sarkozy could easily lose the French presidential election to a candidate committed to "re
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Open Europe has published a briefing note outlining the ten questions and issues that still need to be resolved in the coming weeks in order for Greece to avoid a full and disorderly default on March 20. The briefing argues that, realistically, only a fe
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Greek President Karolos Papoulias angrily demanded this week, "Who is Mr. Schauble to insult Greece?" Wolfgang Schauble had implied that leaders like Papoulias are one reason Greece is in financial crisis and that the country might be better served by po
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On Wednesday, growing mutual resentment got personal when Greece's president gave Germany's finance minister a public tongue-lashing. In Friday's newspapers, editorialists lament a longtime Greek-German friendship that has been badly frayed by the euro c
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PARIS (AP) — European nations should do everything possible to help Greece avoid a default despite concerns about whether Athens is a reliable borrower, France's prime minister said Friday. Tensions between Athens and other European capitals hit new high
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Infighting in the Eurozone risks 'utterly destroying' Greece, a Foreign Office minister warned last night. Lord Howell, father-in-law to the Chancellor George Osborne, told peers that Britain was pressing for a 'realistic and sustainable' solution to Gre
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Europe may be losing patience with Greece, but politicians in Athens are also growing increasingly sensitive to criticism from abroad. Greek President Karolos Papoulias has now gone public with his frustration over pressure from Germany. On Wednesday nig
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(Adds markets in 10th paragraph. )For more debt-crisis news, see EXT4.) Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Europe’s creditor countries struggled to bridge divisions over a rescue of Greece, seeking more control over how future aid is spent as the clock ticked toward
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Infighting in the Eurozone risks 'utterly destroying' Greece, a Foreign Office minister warned last night. Euro slides to three-week low against the dollarDebt crisis having 'chilling effect' on British economyMoody's threatens to downgrade 120 banks Lor
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In recent days, politicians f
About Karolos Papoulias
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Dr. Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας, IPA: [ˈkaɾo̞ˌlo̞s paˈpuʎas]) (born June 4, 1929) is the current President of the Hellenic Republic (Greece). He is a former government minister and member of parliament. Full Article
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