No mood for diplomacy when she lands in the country? Trump's Greece Ambassador pick Kimberly Guilfoyle once called its citizens freeloadersRecent developments are suggesting that Kimberly Guilfoyle will not be in any sort of mood for diplomacy while she will be eventually landi...
13 Dec, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
The Assassin: Latest updates about filming, plot and cast of new Amazon seriesKeeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore star in "The Assassin," an Amazon Prime Video series. The six-episode thriller follows a retired assassin...
22 Aug, 2024, 09.57 PM IST
Greece prepares reform bill ahead of first bailout reviewThe Greek parliament will vote this week on an omnibus bill cutting pensions, raising the retirement age and increasing punishments for tax...
12 Oct, 2015, 07.55 PM IST
Greece's final bailout confirms what a waste the last eight months have beenThe next stage is even harder: implementing structural reforms which are as or even more demanding than the ones undertaken by previous gov...
12 Aug, 2015, 12.54 PM IST
Greece, creditors agree to "grandfather" pension reforms: OfficialsGreece and its lenders have agreed that new pension reforms will not affect those who were eligible to retire by the end of June, labour mi...
03 Aug, 2015, 08.18 PM IST
Poke Me: Fix pensions for each rank and delink them from the last salary drawn (Readers' React)Here are the selected opinions that were published in the ET print edition on Saturday.
04 Jul, 2015, 06.04 AM IST
Alexis Tsipras calls a snap referendum on July 5 on the latest bailout package from creditorsTsipras’ decision means everyone from fishermen to taxi-drivers and factory workers will have to form an opinion on the package, with their...
29 Jun, 2015, 03.40 AM IST
- AIG chief Robert Benmosche sees retirement age at 80 after Euro crisis
AIG CEO said Europe's debt crisis shows govts worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as life expectancies increase.
05 Jun, 2012, 01.10 AM IST
- Greece to tap debt market on Jan 11
Greece will auction euro1.5 billion ($1.96 billion) in 6-month treasury bills next week, testing market sentiment as long-term borrowing ra...
07 Jan, 2011, 08.11 PM IST
- Greece will tame debt with reforms: IMF official
Greece will overcome its huge debt crisis with its austerity plan, an IMF official said on Sunday as a poll showed a majority of Greeks fea...
27 Jun, 2010, 08.10 PM IST
- Greece requests loan aid as hundreds rally
Greece requested an initial 20-billion-euro payment from an unprecedented EU-IMF bailout to avoid bankruptcy on Tuesday. Stocks: Gainers, l...
12 May, 2010, 03.15 AM IST
World debt crisis looms behind Greek mess: ExpertsA wider crisis of rising debts and ageing populations in advanced economies could be in store.
09 May, 2010, 08.59 AM IST
- Greece rushes austerity cuts as anger builds
Greece's socialist government rushed on Monday to push through fresh spending cuts in the face of public anger. UAL, Continental to form wo...
03 May, 2010, 08.00 PM IST
- Greece agrees austerity plan, unions vow battle
Greece announced swingeing spending cuts Sunday to clinch a 110-billion-euro international bailout, warning that widespread sacrifices were...
02 May, 2010, 10.08 PM IST
- Time right to correct budgets, restrain rate for Greece: IMF
The time has come for governments to switch their economic fire from stimulus to fighting dangerous budget deficits, the IMF's chief econom...
20 Apr, 2010, 05.47 PM IST
- Greece readies tax change to fight crisis
Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou says a new tax bill to be presented this week will expand the top 40 percent tax bracket to income...
08 Feb, 2010, 06.12 PM IST
- General Assembly elects India as UN ECOSOC member
India, Japan, Germany and France were among 18 nations elected by the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the 54-member Economic an...
23 Oct, 2008, 08.03 AM IST