Eurozone

Budget Battles

  • Greece’s Next Bailout Loans Likely in November

    By ELENA BECATOROS

    Greece is likely to receive the next batch of its bailout loans in early November, international debt inspectors said Tuesday, if the eurozone and IMF approve the conclusions of the financial review...

  • Greek Talks with Debt Inspectors Nearly Concluded

    By ELENA BECATOROS

    ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's talks with its international debt inspectors were essentially concluded Monday afternoon, although some technical details remained and were expected to be wrapped up by...

  • France and Belgium to Nationalize Dexia Bank

    By MICHAEL BIRNBAUM, The Washington Post

    BERLIN — The governments of France and Belgium agreed to nationalize Belgium’s largest bank on Sunday as the Greek debt crisis took its biggest victim yet, while France and Germany’s leaders promised...

  • Greece’s Financial Crisis: A Country on the Edge

    By Christopher Torchia

    As Greece struggles with its debt crisis, the future is a void: Joblessness is climbing and essential services such as health care and policing are losing resources.

  • EU to Stress Test Banks

    By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER

    European regulators are examining whether banks on the continent have big enough buffers to sustain the worsening market turmoil, amid fears that a default by Greece could trigger another credit...