Greek prime minister George Papandreou said Tuesday (July 27) the worst of the economic crisis is over for his cash-strapped country and the euro area, and that the EU reaction to the challenges proved apocalyptic prophecies wrong.
Mr Papandreou also urged neighbouring Bulgaria to drop plans to leave a trilateral project to pipe Russian crude from the Black Sea directly to the Greek Aegean coast, bypassing the congested Bosporus Strait in Turkey.
"Despite facing markets' and analy...
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