Tag: Germany

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 18:18 UTC

  IMF Warns of Greek Crisis Contagion; Germany Reluctant to Support Aid

  

  The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the crisis in Greece could spread throughout Europe. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that every day lost in resolving Greece's problems risks spreading the impact “far away”.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 21:16 UTC

  Germany and France Strongly Condition Rescue Aid Package to Greece

  

  Greece will not get its multi-billion Euro aid package until it commits to bigger economic sacrifices, Germany’s finance minister warned over the weekend.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 00:53 UTC

  First Tremors of Euro Seism: Greece Asks for Financial Rescue Package

  

  Greece has formally asked for the activation of an EU-IMF financial rescue package to help pull the debt-ridden economy out of its crisis. It had hoped that just the promise of EU support, agreed last month, would have been enough to reassure markets and help its recovery.