Greece: Junior coalition party to withdraw ministers

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A junior partner in Greece's coalition government says it will withdraw its two cabinet ministers from the government following a dispute over state broadcaster ERT that has thrown the bailed-out country back into crisis.

Democratic Left party officials said the ministers of justice and civil service reform would resign from the 17-member cabinet of ministers within the day.

It was not immediately clear whether the party would continue to support conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government in parliament.

Samaras' three-party coalition currently has 167 seats in the 300-member parliament, including the 14 lawmakers from the Democratic Left.

The crisis in Greece saw the country's borrowing costs spike Friday, while shares on the Athens Stock Exchange were 3.2% lower.