Greece

Greece

Greek debt crisis: Tsipras calls for referendum on bailout deal offer

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is calling for a referendum on 5 July on whether the country should accept or reject a bailout agreement offered

27/06/2015

Economy

Battle brewing in Athens over bailout deal

The Greek Prime Minister is heading back to Athens and an emergency cabinet meeting is on the cards as crisis talks speed towards another potential deadline.

26/06/2015

Economy

Tsipras says creditors trying to "blackmail" Athens

Behind the smiles, tensions are mounting between Greek Prime Minister Tsipras and his European partners – just hours before Saturday’s (June 27)

26/06/2015

Culture news

Athens' new multi-million euro cultural hub on schedule for 2016 opening

A bird’s eye’s view offers an idea of the scale of an astonishing new site currently under construction in Athens. Designed by world-famous

26/06/2015

Economy

EU's Oettinger gives Athens five days to avoid a 'Grexit'

26/06/2015

Economy

IMF confident that Greece will make crucial repayment

A Greek debt deal may remain elusive, but the International Monetary Fund says it is confident Athens will not default on its financial obligations

25/06/2015

Greece

Eurogroup meeting ends without Greece reforms agreement

The latest Eurogroup meeting wrapped up in Brussels on Wednesday evening without a formal agreement between Greece and its creditors. A spokesperson

24/06/2015

Business Line

Greece hogs the headlines in crunch week for Athens and the EU

Greek week. Time is running out for Greece. Over the last weeks and months this is something we’ve been hearing on a daily basis. This week we

24/06/2015

Greece

Divisions remain between Greece and eurozone finance minister as crisis talks resume in Brussels

Athens remains at odds with the IMF as international creditors present counter-proposals to Greece's reforms.

24/06/2015

Greece

Greek PM holds more talks with lenders to shore up his debt plans

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in for more talks with his country’s main lenders today in order to smooth over reported divisions regarding

24/06/2015

Economy

Greece's Economy Minister confident of a deal

Edging back from the abyss, Athens could be on the brink of a deal with eurozone leaders. The government of Alexis Tsipras believes proposals which

23/06/2015

Greece

Anxious pro-euro protesters call for Tsipras to sign a deal with lenders

Several thousand pro-European Greeks staged a demonstration in favour of staying in the euro as EU leaders discussed their country’s fate in

23/06/2015

Europe News

Greek solution "by the end of the week"

After months of deadlock, a solution to the Greek debt crisis is near, says Guntram Wolff of the Brussels based think-tank, Bruegel. He joined

22/06/2015

Greece

Greece puts forward new proposals to end crisis

With zero hour fast approaching on the Greek debt crisis, Greece has submitted a new set of proposals in an effort to reach an agreement with its

22/06/2015

Greece

Greek debt mountain a huge summit to overcome

Greece is in dire need of fresh money or it may well default on an International Monetary Fund repayment by the end of the month. The Greeks a

22/06/2015

Greece

Greece's students dim view of life after university

Headlines about Greece feature many abstract financial terms, but for Greek students the economic woes they might inherit are very real. With a youth

22/06/2015

Economy

Summit up in Brussels as Greek proposals give food for thought and rumours fly

The latest Greek proposals for digging their way out of their debt hole appear to have made tonight’s emergency EU summit almost redundant, as

22/06/2015

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