Greece says 2011 budget deficit will beat target: source (Reuters)

news 03-FEB-12

The world should heed the IMF’s call

ft 21-JAN-12

Eurozone 'back in recession this year'

independent 20-JAN-12

Sarkozy and Merkel's joint efforts to save euro are producing Merkozy

telegraph 03-DEC-11

Italy PM-designate meets Berlusconi party leaders

cnn 15-NOV-11

Greek GDP slows its slide but still deep in red

phantis 15-NOV-11

Silvio Berlusconi 'to step down'

thesun 26-OCT-11

Greece pushes for bailout tranche

bbc 30-SEP-11

Greek PM appeals for German support

euronews 27-SEP-11

Greece needs more reform not taxes, says IMF

phantis 19-SEP-11

Europe rejects IMF call for more bank capital (Reuters)

news 01-SEP-11

EU rescue effort prompts default warning from S&P on Greece

latimes 05-JUL-11

Greeks pass critical budget cuts despite protests

cnn 29-JUN-11

Greece says South Stream pipeline project with Russia priority

phantis 01-JUN-11

Rescue hopes ease pressure on Greece

ft 31-MAY-11

Greek opposition sets demands as EU/IMF verdict nears

montrealgazette 30-MAY-11

Portugal opposition set to back bailout (Reuters)

news 05-MAY-11

Portugal reaches deal on EU and IMF bail-out

phantis 04-MAY-11

Q&A: Bailing-out Portugal

ft 07-APR-11

Irish parties facing crisis talks

bbc 24-JAN-11

Portugal rejects rumours of EU bailout

RTERadio 11-JAN-11

Irish poll defeat hits coalition budget hopes

ft 26-NOV-10

Ireland bail-out: Q

telegraph 22-NOV-10

Irish economy suffers contraction

aljazeera 24-SEP-10

Central government debt

mpa 20-AUG-10

Spain to reveal bank test results

ft 17-JUN-10

EU leaders try to convince markets over euro crisis

phantis 16-JUN-10

Danish company restarts Greek sales of diabetes drugs

phantis 14-JUN-10

Greece gets first installment of EU aid

euronews 18-MAY-10

Euro zone approval for Greek package

RTERadio 02-MAY-10

Greece braced for mass protests

bbc 01-MAY-10

EU Integration Said to Fix Issues of Bulgarian Minority in Serbia

novinite 27-APR-10

Riots follow Greek bailout request

aljazeera 23-APR-10

Greek deficit worse than thought

bbc 22-APR-10

Greece begins rescue talks with EU, IMF

telegraph 21-APR-10

Clashes in Athens as Greek PM seeks EU debt help

latimes 06-MAR-10

EU, Greece discuss more cuts amid bailout reports (AP)

news 02-MAR-10

Fitch downgrades Greece's four largest banks

phantis 23-FEB-10

Wall Street Struggles as It Tries to Extend Rally

IHT 22-FEB-10

Greece pleads for time at euro zone debt talks (Reuters)

news 15-FEB-10

[ said]: The truth is that we are already past the deadline,

channelnewsasia 06-FEB-12

[-said]: Everything is up for negotiation, nothing is imposed,

channelnewsasia 03-FEB-12

[-said]: Everything is up for negotiation (but) nothing is imposed,

economictimes 03-FEB-12

[ said]: We believe,

ruvr 03-FEB-12

[ said]: We believe ... that a deal is within reach,

focus 03-FEB-12

[-added]: In particular, he stressed that Hungary must take concrete steps to ensure full independence of its central bank,

euractiv 20-JAN-12

[said:]: We strongly support a substantial increase in IMF resources. First because this would send a very clear signal to the markets, as it would enhance the capacity of the IMF to fulfil its unique systemic responsibilities in support of all its members and I am talking globally, not only in terms of European members.

euronews 19-JAN-12

[stated:]: The Commission will not be taking part, but there is both contact with the IFI and with the Greek authorities. We have to ensure that talks stay within the parameters decided on during the October summit

ansamed 13-JAN-12

[-said]: A wide range of issues will be discussed,

eubusiness 10-JAN-12

[-said]: It is not particularly helpful at this point in time to fuel speculation about a second programme when the first one is delivering, is being implemented,

ibtimes 10-JAN-12

[-said]: S&P has motivated its decision as a follow up to its decision to place on credit watch negative 15 out of the 17 euro area Member States. This means that it could lower the EU's long term rating by one notch if the AAA rating of Member States were reduced as a consequence of the agency's concerns about the deepening financial and sovereign debt crisis,

economictimes 08-DEC-11

[ said]: There is no figure,

euractiv 22-NOV-11

[-told]: When it comes to the situation of spreads, not only for Spain but also for other euro-area countries, it no doubt reflects uncertainties [in the markets],

elpais 20-NOV-11

[-said]: The Eurogroup as a whole expects Greek political forces to provide a clear and unequivocal commitment to the agreement and we expect this in writing. It has to be a letter and signed,

kathimerini 16-NOV-11

[-said]: We continue to wait for a clear and unequivocal expression -- in writing -- about the engagement of the responsible political forces in Greece to the decisions taken on October 26,

kathimerini 14-NOV-11

[-told]: There is still time to correct this,

ansamed 11-NOV-11

[said that:]: we will come out of crisis as Europeans, together. But this does not mean everything is guaranteed for everyone,

ansamed 11-NOV-11

[-said]: We expect in particular this evening (Greek Finance) Minister (Evangelos) Venizelos to report to the Eurogroup on these developments, and discussions will start from that point,

eubusiness 07-NOV-11

[-told]: First we need clarity about political and economic developments in Athens, then we will proceed with this discussion today,

france24 07-NOV-11

[-said]: The developments in the debt markets show the need to accelerate work on strengthening the EFSF's capacity to act,

montrealgazette 07-NOV-11

[-told]: First, we need clarity about political and economic developments in Athens, then we will proceed with this discussion today,

smh 07-NOV-11

[-said]: We have to get used to it,

euractiv 26-OCT-11

[-concluded]: Our understanding is that Italy will communicate to President Barroso and President Van Rompuy its specific intentions before today's European Council,

euractiv 26-OCT-11

[-said]: There is no humiliation. It is surveillance by peers, which is absolutely normal within an economic and monetary union,

eubusiness 25-OCT-11

[-said]: It is important to substantiate this timeline and these targets for concrete measures... (to) further reinforce confidence in the capacity of the Italian economy to overcome the present challenges,

eubusiness 21-OCT-11

[-said]: Commissioner Rehn in particular considers the contributions of Mr Geithner to be very constructive,

eubusiness 27-SEP-11

[said that:]: all the decisions

eubusiness 27-SEP-11

[-said]: We are on the contrary looking forward to maintaining this very active and regular dialogue with the US admininstration,

eubusiness 27-SEP-11

[-said]: The only thing that is on the table is compliance with agreed targets; no more, no less.

novinite 19-SEP-11

[said:]: an important conference call will take place this evening

novinite 19-SEP-11

[said last week that:]: neither exit nor expulsion from the euro area is possible according to the Lisbon Treaty

independent 13-SEP-11

[-told]: I'm saying this pretty well every two or three days. No, we are not working on such a hypothesis,

eubusiness 12-SEP-11

[ said]: Decisions have to be translated into figures so we can measure the budgetary impact and decide if it is enough to close the fiscal gaps in 2011 and 2012,

eubusiness 12-SEP-11

[ said]: Neither exit nor expulsion from the euro area is possible, according to the Lisbon treaty under which participation in the euro area is irrevocable,

eubusiness 08-SEP-11

[-said]: Of course we will wait for the final text to make a formal assessment,

eubusiness 02-SEP-11

[-said]: We are confident that the measures to revive and sustain growth will have a major impact,

ansamed 31-AUG-11

[-said]: It underlines the commitment of Spanish authorities to guarantee the long-term sustainability of its public accounts,

eubusiness 30-AUG-11

[-said]: Our position is that the principle of balanced budgets is a cornerstone of the Stability and Growth Pact,

eubusiness 30-AUG-11

[-said]: The euro are member states will have to assess the outcome of this bilateral discussion between Finland and Greece... Discussions are already taking place. And therefore we have no further comment at this stage but the issue is already being examined,

news 19-AUG-11

[-told]: We are working on this private sector involvement so there is no decision taken yet,

eubusiness 04-JUL-11

[ said]: In his statement the Commissioner wanted to clarify a few issues,

sundaymail 29-JUN-11

[-told]: The contours are still being discussed and will continue to be discussed in the coming two weeks,

eubusiness 27-JUN-11

[ said]: The social situation in Greece is central to our concerns, not only at the moment but it has been since the start of this crisis,

eubusiness 15-JUN-11

[ said]: We have also examined the feasibility of a voluntary debt rescheduling or reprofiling, of course on the condition, extremely important, that this would not create a credit event,

focus 12-JUN-11

[-said]: This is under study,

eubusiness 10-JUN-11

[ said]: We have been discussing over the last days a Vienna-style initiative,

eubusiness 10-JUN-11

[-added]: When I say credit event, it means that this kind of operation with private bondholders could be assimilated to a credit event, meaning debt restructuring as we usually know it,

eubusiness 10-JUN-11

[ said]: We have said from the beginning that it is important that any programme should have broad cross-party support and will continue our engagement with the opposition parties to establish that this is the case,

news 04-MAY-11

[ said]: There are no divergences among members of the troika,

cnn 04-MAY-11

[ said]: For the moment, it is not a question of negotiating, only a technical assessment will be carried out this week,

ansamed 12-APR-11

[-said]: Spain is meeting its commitments, so we do not make any analogy,

eubusiness 07-APR-11

[-said]: The commission stands ready to send a mission to Lisbon along with European Central Bank staff as soon as we are asked to do so,

eubusiness 07-APR-11

[-added]: We have spoken to the opposition and they have backed the request, so there is agreement on this across the parties,

euobserver 07-APR-11

[ said]: Spain is on track to meet its objectives in terms of deficit reduction for 2010 and 2011,

smh 07-APR-11

[ said]: We expect the formal request soon. I do not know exactly how soon, this is a question for the Portuguese authorities,

eubusiness 07-APR-11

[-told]: The Spanish economy is facing big challenges but it is fulfilling its commitments,

eubusiness 07-APR-11

[ said]: Spain must be judged on its on merits. Spain is on track to meet its objectives in terms of deficit reduction for 2010 and 2011,

eubusiness 07-APR-11

[ said]: The Commission stands ready to send a mission to Lisbon along with European Central Bank staff as soon as we are asked to do so,

bbc 07-APR-11

[-said]: We are not aware of any such discussions,

phantis 06-APR-11

[ said]: We are ruling out the scenario to which you are referring,

smh 06-APR-11

[-said]: We... exclude the scenario that you allude to, because in agreement with all eurozone members and the IMF and the ECB we have set up an action plan for dealing with [Greece],

kathimerini 06-APR-11

[ said]: We don't share that assessment, we have our own assessment and it's not the one of the credit rating agencies,

earthtimes 30-MAR-11

[-said]: From that point, it is up to all Portuguese political actors to take their responsibilities,

earthtimes 22-MAR-11

[-commented]: An eventual request for help is a decision that has to be taken by Portuguese authorities and it is not up to us to say if they should take it or not,

earthtimes 22-MAR-11

[said:]: The commission will continue to support Ireland and its next government in carrying out the programme... which is essential for the Irish economy.

smh 28-FEB-11