* Govt to stick to plan to get EU/IMF aid * Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou's may lose his job in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, but the government will stick to
The leader of Greece's conservative opposition has asked Prime Minister George Papandreou to stand down and agree to a commonly accepted new head of government, a source from the New Democracy party
An envoy of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held crisis talks with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, as Turkey pressed its once-close neighbour to end a crackdown that it has called "savagery".
U.S securities brokers would be more closely scrutinized by auditors and be subject to stricter rules on how they handle their customers' assets under a plan proposed by federal regulators on Wednesday.
ECB policymakers talked up hopes a 2009 debt deal that helped stabilise central Europe might offer a model for a Greek rescue, but a rating agency said that risked taking the country
An agreement on a new financing package for Greece should be reached by July 11 at the latest, Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Miklos said on Wednesday, suggesting possible slippage on the timing
Standard & Poor's has lowered the long-term counterparty credit ratings to 'CCC' from 'B' on the four main Greek banks, following Monday’s cut in Greece’s long-term sovereign rating also to ‘CCC’. The
Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado said on Wednesday she expected Greece to receive funds to meet its July and August debt obligations. Tuesday's meeting with her euro zone peers had been positive,
Edgy investors ditched lower-rated euro zone government debt on Wednesday, sending Greek bond yields soaring to new highs after officials showed little sign of progress on a new deal to tackle Greece's
Stone-throwing Greeks clashed with police and tens of thousands of protesters marched on parliament on Wednesday to oppose government efforts to pass new austerity measures for the debt-stricken euro zone state. Unions
