Greece promises to stop job losses

Greece’s new coalition government has vowed to repeal some of the country’s taxes, stop job lay-offs and extend by two years the deadlines for the austerity measures imposed by its international bailout.

The policy statement issued by the three-party administration came as the country’s new Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, had eye surgery while finance minister Vassilis Rapanos remains in hospital after he fell ill on Friday.