Give Greece a chance, says Angela Merkel's challenger Peer Steinbrueck

ATHENS: Greece must be given time to clean up its troubled finances, Peer Steinbrueck, the head of Germany's Social Democrats who will challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in elections later this year, said on Wednesday.

Exclusive: ECB rejects Irish bid on promissory note - sources

(Reuters) - The European Central Bank has rejected Ireland's preferred solution to a dispute over the cost of servicing money borrowed to rescue a failed bank, EU sources familiar with the talks said on Saturday.