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Greece has relied on a €240 billion EU/IMF financing package since the second half of 2010 to stay afloat

Greece will not need third bailout- Samaras

Greece is beating its fiscal targets and will not need a third bailout from its international creditors, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said at the weekend.

Business • 15 Sep 14

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says country determined to succeed

Greek PM says avoiding more austerity is priority

Greece's Prime Minister said that avoiding new austerity measures to fulfill targets in the country's international bailout was a priority of his two-party coalition government.

Business • 25 Jun 13

Protests have continued outside the headquarters of ERT since it was pulled off the air

Greek coalition partner may withdraw over ERT

Greece’s Democratic Left party may pull out of the ruling coalition after talks to resume state television broadcasts collapsed.

News • 21 Jun 13

A 'not for sale' banner hangs on the facade of the Greek state television ERT headquarters

Greek court orders state broadcaster back on air

A Greek court today ordered the state broadcaster back on air while it is restructured, allowing coalition leaders to move towards a compromise that avoids early elections.

News • 17 Jun 13

The Taoiseach said he impressed upon Antonis Samaras the importance of creating a business climate in Greece

Taoiseach passes on 'key lesson' to Greek PM

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said establishing trust with the Troika was a key lesson Ireland learned when it entered its bailout programme.

News • 24 May 13

The offices targeted had been used by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras

Shots fired at Greek government party offices

Unidentified attackers have opened fire on the headquarters of Greece's governing New Democracy party with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, in what the government said was a worrying escalation in political violence.

News • 14 Jan 13

Greece has covered 'much ground' - Merkel

German chancellor Angela Merkel said Greece has covered "much of the ground" required for recovery, during her landmark visit to the financially stricken country.

Business • 09 Oct 12

Greece's till will empty by November - Samaras

Greece will run out of money at the end of November if it does not receive the next planned installment of its bailout loans, its prime minister said today.

Business • 05 Oct 12

Antonis Samaras is under pressure from his coalition partners

Samaras and Troika officials meet over Greek cuts

Greece acknowledged it was having trouble persuading its foreign lenders to accept a plan to save nearly €12 billion over the next two years.

News • 10 Sep 12

Officials discussed Greece's attempt to get more time to implement austerity measures

Europe must make decision on Greece - Hollande

French President Francois Hollande has said that Greek leaders must demonstrate their commitment to push through reforms, adding that Europe must take decisions on the country as soon as possible.

News • 27 Aug 12

Despite the public smiles, there was some tough talking between Antonis Samaras and Angela Merkel in Berlin this afternoon

Merkel wants Greece to remain in eurozone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reassured Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that she wants his country to stay in the eurozone.

News • 24 Aug 12

Greek officials say debt change would aid recovery

Finance ministry officials in Greece have calculated that the debt-stricken country's economy will recover faster and its debt be more sustainable if it is given two more years to reduce its budget deficit.

News • 18 Aug 12

Greece to commit itself to further spending cuts

Greek political leaders have reached agreement on €11.5 billion of austerity cuts demanded under its bailout programme.

News • 02 Aug 12

Spain bonds yields rise as fears resurface

Spanish government bond yields reached a euro-era high of 7.5% today

Business • 23 Jul 12

Bill Clinton was in Greece as part of a Greek-American business delegation visiting the country

Greek PM says country in a 'Great Depression'

Greece is in a "Great Depression" similar to the American one in the 1930s, the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has told former US president Bill Clinton.

News • 23 Jul 12

Greek government suffers new casualty

Greece's three-week-old government suffered its third casualty today when the junior labour minister resigned in a dispute over the handling of key talks with EU-IMF auditors.

Business • 09 Jul 12

Antonis Samaras to lead Greek coalition government

A conservative-led government has taken power in Greece and promised to negotiate softer terms on its international bailout.

News • 20 Jun 12

Angela Merkel rules out Greek bailout changes

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out renegotiating Greece's bailout and has warned that the new government must stick to the lending agreements.

News • 16 Jun 12

Leader of the New Democracy conservatives Antonis Samaras (L) meets socialist party leader Evangelos Venizelos at the Greek Parliament

Greece coalition fails to agree new government

Greece's politicians have failed to agree a new government, sending the country hurtling towards a new vote.

News • 14 May 12

Evangelos Venizelos has three days to form a government

Venizelos in third bid for Greek coalition

Greece's centre-left leader Evangelos Venizelos has met the country's president about the possibility of forming a coalition government following last Sunday's inconclusive election.

News • 10 May 12

Alexis Tsipras said he will exhaust all possibilities to agree a deal

Greek far-left seeks to form government

The leader of Greece's far-left is to try to form a government after parties backing an international bailout deal failed to put together a coalition.

News • 08 May 12

Antonis Samaras