Bankruptcy: Greek PM starts talks on crisis

ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Saturday was to start talks on forming a national crisis government to stave off bankruptcy in his debt-laden country after winning a nail-biting confidence vote. In a dramatic late-night parliament session that began Friday evening and went well into the early hours of Saturday morning, Papandreou also hinted he would step aside in the interest of national unity. Visibly moved after receiving warm applause upon entering the chamber, the embattled 59-year-old said he was prepared to put his country ahead of personal ambition during Greece’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 6^th, 2011.