Greece

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

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

07/07/2015

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