Greek left leader urges EU to re-examine austerity

Under the category of good news from Greece, The Financial Times reports Greek Unity Talks Hit Impasse. Talks between Greece’s president and the leaders of the country’s three largest political parties on forming a coalition government reached an impasse on Sunday, increasing the chances that the country will hold fresh national elections in June.

Since December, radical groups staged coordinated arson attacks at the homes of five Greek journalists and fire-bombed the brother of a government spokesman. Six days ago, nine shots hit the New Democracy part office, one of them in an office occasionally used by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

The talks still continue but good news is on the horizon as yet another political party, the Democratic Left, has backed out of the Unity coalition. Please consider Greece's moderate left says no government possible The moderate Democratic Left party in Greece says it will not join pro-bailout parties in a coalition without the more radical far-left Syriza.