Greece

Greece

Greek spending spree fueled by bank crisis

Those Greeks who can afford it are buying up high value electrical products, using cards, not cash, since ATMs only allow withdrawals of 60 euros at

09/07/2015

Economy

Greek PM cobbles together new reform plan; ATMs only have cash until Monday

Athens has until Friday to deliver new proposals to try to unblock more bailout cash from European creditors

09/07/2015

Greece

D-Day for Greece as its creditors demand reforms

Greece has until midnight tonight (July 9) to deliver what its Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has promised will be credible reform plans, in order to

09/07/2015

Business Line

"V" for victory, "V" for Varoufakis

When Greeks overwhelmingly said “no” to austerity, they also gave a decisive victory for Yanis Varoufakis. In the run-up to the poll he said he’d

08/07/2015

Economy

Anxious time for Greek residents and businesses with banks still closed

Greek banks are still closed and limits on cash withdrawals remain in place

08/07/2015

Economy

MEPs round on Tspiras

MEPs rounded on Greek prime minister Alexis Tspiras on Wednesday, urging him to more transparent about the reforms he wants to put in place to keep

08/07/2015

Greece

How to treat the Greek problem: Europe's very different views

The twists and turns in the Greek crisis are a talking point right across Europe, with mixed opinions on what should now be done. One woman in the

08/07/2015

Greece

Greece formally requests 3-year loan from ESM bailout fund

Greece has formally requested a three-year loan from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund that would be used “to meet Greece’s debt

08/07/2015

Greece

'No triumphalism' reminder for Greece's new finance minister

Greece’s new finance minister entered the fray for the first time on Tuesday and clearly didn’t want to alienate his euro zone colleagues. Carrying

08/07/2015

Greece

Greece gets final 'end of week' deadline for reforms

Greece has until the end of the week to come up with new proposals to secure a deal with creditors to keep the county from crashing out of of the

08/07/2015

Economy

Greek people worry about their savings and their country's future

As emergency talks on Greece got underway in Brussels, pensioners in Athens wait in line for their 60 euro daily cash limit. But a shortage of 10

07/07/2015

Greece

Greece's new financial minister is expected to pursue debt relief

Greece’s new finance minister has taken up the negotiating baton only hours after it was announced that flamboyant and often bombastic Yanis

07/07/2015

Greece

ECB keeps tight funding grip on Greece's banks

It is not the answer that Greece’s Central Bank wanted to hear. Its hopes of more financial support have been dashed after the European Central Bank

07/07/2015

Greece

Hollande and Merkel urge Greece to make 'credible' proposals

The leaders of France and Germany have told Athens that the door is still open for debt negotiations with creditors. But at urgent talks in Paris on

06/07/2015

Greece

Euclid Tsakalotos sworn in as new Greek finance minister

Euclid Tsakalotos has been sworn in as Greece’s new finance minister after Yanis Varoufakis resigned. Analysts say the 55-year-old, who speaks Greek

06/07/2015

Greece

Many Greek businesses struggling to pay state taxes

Many Greek businesses are struggling: capital controls and two weeks of bank holidays means they have insufficient revenue to pay state taxes. They

06/07/2015

Economy

Seven reasons why Yanis Varoufakis is now a political legend

Whether you like him or not, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is now a political legend. Here’s why: 1. The way he communicates With

06/07/2015

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Greek referendum: ‘No’ supporters celebrate in Athens' streets

06/07/2015

Greece

Greeks worry about their future and their savings

Many Greeks are worried because most banks have remained closed since last Monday. People wait in long lines at cash machines to withdraw their

06/07/2015

Economy

"We gave an example of democracy" says Greek Prime Minister

Greek PM calls for more negotiations with creditors and says national unity is needed

06/07/2015

Greece

Varoufakis resigns after Greek referendum

Greece’s outspoken finance minister has resigned. Yanis Varoufakis announced he will step down just one day after Greeks voted “no” to austerity

06/07/2015

Greece

Foreign TV channels camp out in Athens as nation awaits fallout from "No" vote

The eyes of the world have been on Greece in the days building up to the referendum, with the unfolding of events there likely to have implications

06/07/2015

Greece

Thousands of Greeks celebrate referendum result

Thousands of joyful Greeks poured into the capital’s central square as the scale of the rejection to a bailout deal which would have imposed more

06/07/2015

Greece

It's a decisive "No" in Greek bailout referendum

Greeks celebrate in central Athens after a decisive "No" vote against accepting the terms of a eurozone bail-out deal

06/07/2015

Greece

"Ball is in Athens' court" says Germany following Greek vote

As supporters of the “No” vote gathered in central Athens in celebration, reaction came in from Greece’s eurozone partners, in particular Germany

05/07/2015

Greece

Greece votes 'No' in overwhelming rejection of bailout proposals

Greece seems to have decisively rejected the bailout terms put forward by its international creditors. The Greek people have voted an overwhelming

05/07/2015