Greece

Economy

Weary Greeks await country's fate with resignation

Weary from years of austerity, months of turbulent negotiations with international paymasters – and finally a referendum where a “No” has brought

11/07/2015

Greece

Greek parliament votes overwhelming 'Yes' to Tsipras' reform proposals

The Greek parliament give a very bright green light to Alexis Tsipras' crucial reform proposals, taking Athens one step closer to remaining in the euro zone.

11/07/2015

Economy

Greek parliament gives Tsipras strong mandate to complete reform negotiations

The Greek parliament gives the green light to Alexis Tsipras' crucial reform proposals, taking Athens one step closer to remaining in the euro zone.

11/07/2015

Greece

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

10/07/2015

World

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

10/07/2015

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

10/07/2015

Greece

Who owns Greek debt?

As international creditors mull over Greece’s latest proposals to resolve the debt crisis. Here we have a look at how much Athens owes and to whom

10/07/2015

Greece

What does the Greek crisis look like?

10/07/2015

Greece

Greece: shopping frenzy to outwit the haircut

Worried about what the future holds, Greeks are looking for safe places to store their cash. There is talk that the banks will be forced to take a

10/07/2015

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.

10/07/2015

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

10/07/2015

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.

10/07/2015

Greece

Life goes on in Athens: locals head to beach to 'regain sense of normality'

Life’s a beach, or at least that’s the impression some Athens locals wished to give when euronews went to gauge reactions to the ongoing financial

10/07/2015

Greece

Greeks at pro-Europe rally call on Tsipras to keep his promise

“We live in Europe and this is not negotiable,” was the chant of some 5,000 demonstrators in the Greek capital. Gathered in front of the parliament

10/07/2015

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.

10/07/2015

Greece

IMF: slashes global growth forecast by 2%, tells Athens to "respect the rules"

The IMF has cut its forecast for global growth from 3.5 percent to 3.3, blaming a weaker first quarter in the US. This is lower and slower than last

10/07/2015

Greece

Greece: optimism and pessimism jostle for place

While the politicians talk, life for ordinary Greek citizens gets more challenging by the day. Queues at cash machines are the new reality on the

09/07/2015

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