Greece

Economy

An anxious wait in Athens as bailout talks loom in Brussels

With no deal in sight in Brussels, the deadlock is becoming increasingly painful for Greeks waiting for an end to the bailout saga. Even tourists

22/06/2015

Economy

Markets rise on hopes Greek debt deal is within reach

European shares lifted to their highest rate in over a week as markets gleaned a sliver of hope that a deal between Greece and its international

22/06/2015

Greece

Greek debt summit

22/06/2015

Greece

Greek PM faces day of crucial bailout talks in Brussels

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet the country’s creditors ahead of today’s emergency eurozone summit in Brussels. On Sunday he made a

22/06/2015

Economy

Greek PM presents new proposals ahead of emergency EU summit

A series of behind-the-scenes negotiations are being held in Athens ahead of the crucial eurozone meeting in Brussels on Monday which could seal Greece's fate.

21/06/2015

Greece

Greece crisis: last-ditch talks on a deal

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a mountain to climb. Fresh from signing a written agreement with Russia on a new a gas pipeline, Greece’s

20/06/2015

Greece

Greek debt crisis: holidaymakers feel the effects

Tourists in Greece are feeling the effects of the country’s ongoing debt crisis. Tourists come to look at monuments from Europe’s ancient world have

20/06/2015

Greece

Greeks on Lesbos struggling to help refugees

The Greek island of Lesbos is staggering under the strain of caring for refugees arriving from Turkey. The approximately 80,000 islanders have

19/06/2015

Greece

Fear grows over Greek banks as withdrawals accelerate

With the country’s debt talks deadlocked, there is fear on the streets of Greece. Euronews correspondent Symela Touchtidou has spent the day talking

19/06/2015

Greece

EU officials mull consequences of possible Greek default

The finance ministers of the 19 countries who use the euro will meet in Brussels on Monday to debate what a Greek default would mean for Europe. That

19/06/2015

Greece

Tsipras courts Putin as pressure mounts on Greece

Under pressure Greek Prime Miniser Alexis Tsipras is in St Petersburg to take part Russia’s annual business conference. His visit, the second in two

19/06/2015

Greece

No deal: Eurogroup ends without an agreement on Greece

Time is running out for Greece as the eurogroup meeting has ended with no deal, but this may not be the end of the Greek saga.

19/06/2015

Greece

ECOFIN meet in Luxembourg

EU finance ministers are meeting in Luxembourg.It comes as talks on a debt-deal for Greece and the euro remain deadlocked. Thursday’s meeting of

19/06/2015

Greece

EU calls crisis summit after Greece bailout talks fail

The meeting of European finance ministers in Luxembourg has ended with no solution to the Greek debt crisis. Instead eurozone leaders are to meet for

19/06/2015

Greece

Greeks in last-ditch rally to stay in the eurozone

With Greece once again on a knife edge over whether it will leave the euro, thousands of people rallied in Athens on Thursday calling for the country

19/06/2015

Greece

No deal on Greek debt eurozone leaders schedule crisis summit for Monday

It comes as no surprise that the meeting of European finance ministers has ended with no solution to the Greek debt problem. Eurozone leaders are to

18/06/2015

Greece

No deal on Greek debt eurozone leaders schedule crisis summit for Monday

It comes as no surprise that the meeting of European finance ministers has ended with no solution to the Greek debt crisis. Eurozone leaders are to

18/06/2015

Greece

Greeks protest against Grexit, day after anti-austerity rally

A day after an anti-austerity rally in Athens, Greeks are back in the streets this time with a rival demonstration under the slogan “We are Staying

18/06/2015

Greece

Greece's ambulance service in need of a lifeline

Though Greece's economic health may be stealing the headlines, the national health service itself is crumbling under the strain of austerity.

18/06/2015

Greece

Eurogroup ministers meet as Greece's future hangs in the balance

Eurozone finance minister meet in Luxembourg with the agenda dominated by the Greek financial crisis. But with a last ditch attempt by Austrian

18/06/2015

Greece

Life in the shadow of debt

17/06/2015

Greece

Greeks rally ahead of eurozone crunch talks

As the sun set over Athens, thousands gathered outside of parliament for an anti-austerity demo, but could the sun also be setting on Greece's future in the eurozone?

17/06/2015

Greece

Athens rallies against austerity ahead of eurozone crunch talks

It may be 31 degrees Celsius in Athens, but the political temperature is at boiling point and the Greeks appear to be in a defiant mood. We’re

17/06/2015

Greece

Debt history capsized Greece

Greece reached today’s impasse by coming clean about a secret, to begin with. Soon after he was elected to lead the country in autumn 2009, the prime

17/06/2015

Greece

Greece seeks 'honourable compromise' but will not shirk the big 'no'

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made it clear that the government wants to reach an “honourable compromise” to solve the debt crisis. He was

17/06/2015

Economy

Austria on mediation mission as tension rises in eurozone

Tensions are rising in the eurozone and after a day of bitter recriminations between Greece and the EU Commission President , Austria’s Chancellor

17/06/2015