Greek pensioners burn notices informing them about their pension cuts in an anti-austerity protest in Athens YANNIS KOLESIDIS/EPAGreece has accused international creditors of proposing further austerity measures that would spell “disaster” for a country reeling from seven years of recession . The accusation follows a pause in talks between Athens and auditors representing the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund. A government spokesman said Athens would not compromise because demands by auditors for “cuts to the health service, education, pensions and mass firings in the already understaffed civil service would be a social disaster”. However, with Greece relying on bailout loans and unable to fund itself on bond markets, Alexis Tsipras, the prime minister, may have no choice but to heed creditors’ demands. Despite pre-election promises to end austerity, Mr Tsipras signed up Greece to a third and even harsher bailout package…

Source: The Times November 24, 2016 00:05 UTC