Greek Cabinet

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  New Greek Cabinet Sworn in With Few New Faces

  Greece's new cabinet was sworn in on Wednesday, bringing in few new faces as re-elected Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras sought continuity in pushing through economic reforms under the watchful eye of international lenders.

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  Reshuffled Greek Cabinet Takes Over to Enact Unpopular Reforms

  A revamped Greek government took over today in an effort to enforce a third bailout accompanied by tough fiscal reforms opposed by a sizeable section of the ruling Syriza party.

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  Greek Cabinet Prepares High-Risk Talks amid Default Fears

  Greece's hard left government was to fine tune its economic programme today ahead of a week of high-risk international talks but with no sign so far of an imminent deal with its creditors.

• Greek government pledges to safeguard euro membership

  Greece's new conservative-led coalition government on Thursday pledged to try and revise the country's austerity commitments to its creditors, but insisted that would not endanger ties with the rest of Europe or Greek use of the euro currency.

• Greek president calls last-ditch talks to avert new polls

  Greece's President Carolos Papoulias will meet political party chiefs on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to form a cabinet after inconclusive elections that have raised fears of a Greek eurozone exit.

• Greek cabinet meets ahead of budget presentation

    New Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is chairing a cabinet meeting on the debt-crippled country's austerity budget for next year, which will be tabled in parliament later Friday. Greece has said that for the first time in years the state will earn more than it spends in 2012, excluding the cost of servicing its vast debt. The ...

• New Greek cabinet named

  Greece's new cabinet has been named, with Evangelos Venizelos retaining the key position of finance minister. The new coalition government, formed Friday, includes ministers from the country's two main parties — the Socialists who have governed for the past two years, and the conservatives, as well as from a smaller right-wing party. T...

• Chaotic Greek powersharing talks run into 4th day

    Greece's tortuous power-sharing talks entered a fourth day Thursday, with the country's president to host a meeting of party heads a day after negotiations descended into chaos and political leaders failed to name a new interim premier. Outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou, the head of the opposition conservatives, Antonis Sa...

• Greek cabinet backs call for referendum on debt crisis

  With the government teetering on the verge of collapse, the Greek cabinet offered its full support early Wednesday to Prime Minister George A. Papandreou for his surprise plan to call a referendum on the Greek financial crisis. The proposal threatens Greece’s adherence to the terms of a new deal with its foreign lenders and has plunge...

• Greek Cabinet backs PM for referendum on EU bailout

  The Greek Cabinet has backed Prime Minister George A Papandreou’s call to put participation in the European rescue deal to a referendum. The proposal exposed the fragility of the European plan and the lack of confidence it enjoys in markets. Mr Papandreou said unexpectedly on Monday that he would put the European rescue plan to a p...

• Greek cabinet agrees to radical pension reform

  The Greek government on Tuesday agreed plans for a radical overhaul of the pension system as Prime Minister George Papandreou urged people to unite behind his controversial austerity measures. Labour Minister Andreas Loverdos said that the pension system faces "collapse" after next year without reform, while the troubled nation's main trade...