Now playing Next state of the union Europe Weekly: Greece set for referendum on bailout terms In this edition of Europe Weekly: Greece gets ready for a referendum on bailout terms offered by its international creditors; Greek banks shut to 03/07/2015
Now playing Next Europe News Half of Greek bailout money already 'lost', says top Belgian economist Audrey Tilve, euronews: Paul De Grauwe, you teach at the London School of the Economics and the University of Leuven. You’ve been following the Greek 03/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greece: with referendum looming 'Yes' vote ahead, opinion poll suggests In Greece, a new opinion poll suggests the 'Yes' vote pulls slightly into the lead ahead of Sunday's referendum on austerity measures. 03/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greek people will suffer after Sunday's vote, says Communist Party Thousands of Communist Party (KKE) supporters gathered in front of Greece’s parliament building in central Athens on Thursday (July 2). Their leader 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Thousands of jobs face axe as cash shortage threatens Greek traders Capital controls on Greece’s banking sector are starting to squeeze business in more ways than one. There is now a dramatic shortage of cash on the 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Economy Tsipras keeps options open ahead of Greece bailout vote As Greece heads to a referendum this Sunday (July 5) on the country’s bailout terms opinion polls contradict each other. One gives the “yes” 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Economy Grexit could hit other eurozone countries A Greek exit from the eurozone could send shockwaves through the single currency area. If investors no longer see membership as permanent, they might 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Economy Greek referendum bid for 'reinforcements' is 'anti-constitutional' Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said: “I take personal responsibility for an immediate solution, right after the democratic 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Varoufakis echoes Syriza defiance before Greek referendum The Greek finance minister has reiterated the Syriza government’s defiant stance ahead of Sunday’s referendum on the country’s bailout terms. Yanis 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Tourists enjoying Mykonos sun aware of Greek hosts' dark clouds It might be hard to believe as the crisis heads towards a climax, but there is another – previously more familiar – face to Greece. On the island of 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greek PM stands firm in run-up to referendum Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is maintaining a defiance stance urging voters to reject proposals made by creditors last week when they vote 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Business Line Grisis: Grexit after the Greferendum Greece’s financial system has plunged into a deep freeze this week. The country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras shocked European policy makers and 01/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Tsipras says Greece must vote "no" in Sunday's referendum to push for better bailout deal The Greek Prime Minister has repeated his call for Greeks to reject new bailout terms in Sunday’s referendum. In a televised national address Alexis 01/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greece's capital controls... for how long? Greek banks did not re-open on Monday, as the government imposed controls on capital, for one week, it said. Ordinary people queuing up at cash 01/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greek pensioners queue for hours for cash payouts Despite capital controls, nearly a thousand Greek banks opened their doors on Wednesday to let pensioners without cash cards to make withdrawals 01/07/2015
Now playing Next Economy Eurogroup to consider new Greece bailout request Eurozone finance ministers are to hold a conference call on Wednesday afternoon after Athens submitted a request for a third bailout lasting two years and worth 29.1 billion euros. 01/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greece's eurozone future in balance as bailout expires After Athens missed a deadline to repay an IMF loan, eurozone finance ministers are meeting to consider a last-minute request for a new bailout. 01/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greeks divided over Sunday's referendum Fears that the country is about to crash out of the euro brought thousands of Greeks into central Athens on Tuesday urging support for a Yes vote 01/07/2015
Now playing Next Greece Greek tourism looks for early deal to shift clouds from the sunshine Tourism accounts for a whopping 20% of Greek GDP and many in the industry are worried at what the effects of the debt meltdown will have on trade 30/06/2015
Now playing Next Greece Crowdfunded site for Greek debt nears €1,500,000 in contributions A crowdfunding campaign with its goal the equivalent of the Greek €1,6 billion IMF debt has a few more hundreds of millions to raise. While this may 30/06/2015
Now playing Next Economy Tsipras keeping promise, one refusal at a time Five years of crisis, five months of negotiations. Elected in January this year on an anti-austerity programme, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras 30/06/2015
Now playing Next Economy All you need to know about the Greek referendum Greece’s debt crisis is the saga that has seemingly dominated headlines for months (if not years) – the only positive being it’s gone on for so long 30/06/2015
Now playing Next Greece Eurogroup ministers to discuss new Greece aid proposal Greece has submitted a new two-year aid proposal to its international lenders in a bid to strike a deal over its debts. Eurogroup ministers will 30/06/2015
Now playing Next Greece Massive anti-austerity rally backs a defiant Greek government Thousands of people gathered outside parliament in Athens on Monday night expressing their support for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ decision to 30/06/2015