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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces problems in his Syriza party

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras must quell potential rebellion in his Syriza party after his return from the Brussels summit. Fifteen deputies

Greece

What Greece has to do to win a third bailout

Down to the wire, Alexis Tsipras finally blinked. Enough other euro countries told Greece ‘time’s up’, and now he has said ‘yes’ to a tougher deal

Economy

EU leaders react to Greek agreement struck at Brussels summit

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has yet to face his government and people after an agreement was reached at the Brussels summit. But for the

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Greece: this is the best deal so far says Tsipras

The Greek parliament is voting tonight on the crucial third version of a deal aimed at freeing up 53.5 billion euros in bailout funds from

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Greek drama: director Costas Gavras on reflecting a country in crisis in film

Franco-Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras has been watching the country of his birth lurch through its crisis of recent years with a mixture of anxiety

World

Tsipras in warp drive to save Greece

Less than a week after six out of ten Greek voters backed Alexis Tsipras’s rejection of austerity conditions attached to a third bailout proposal

Greece

Tsipras bailout plan for Greece scrutinised at home and abroad

Greek MPs and eurozone finance ministers are considering the prime minister's proposals to stave off bankruptcy, which are thought to give in to many creditors' demands.

Greece

Bailout crisis: 'We Greeks are confused':

On the frontline of Greece’s debt disaster, pensioners and other ordinary citizens continued to queue on Friday at closed banks where cash

Greece

Greek parliament to vote on Tsipras' last-ditch bailout plan

Greek MPs and eurozone finance ministers are due to consider the prime minister's proposals to stave off bankruptcy, which are thought to give in to many creditors' demands.

World News

Watch Live: EU news conference on Greece

Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, and Jean-Claude Junker, president of the European Commission, give an update on talks with Greece.

Greece

Greece submits last-ditch reform proposals to international creditors

With bankruptcy looming, Greece submits a last-ditch cash-for-reforms package to its international lenders.

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

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

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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras faces MEPs

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

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

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

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Eurozone calls for "solidarity and responsibility" at Greek summit

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras was back in Brussels on Tuesday (July 7) for more emergency talks on his country’s debt crisis. After failing to

Economy

'Last chance' meeting for Greece as euro zone creditors gather

He has spoken to President Obama on the telephone, Greek government officials say. But Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras needs help closer to home as he

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