Greece

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

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

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

Economy

Greek crisis: pensioners queue for ration payout

02/07/2015

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

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

Greece

What is the market price of valour for Greece?

01/07/2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

01/07/2015

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

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

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

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

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

Economy

Tsipras says if Greeks approve the EU's aid plan, Syriza will resign

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told the Greek people that if they vote to accept the terms of continued EU financial aid in Sunday’s referendum he

30/06/2015

Greece

European leaders 'open to further negotiations' with Greece

European leaders say the door remains open for negotiations with Athens on the Greek debt crisis.

29/06/2015

Economy

Greece to default on IMF loan on Tuesday as banks close and panic buying begins

Greeks stood around outside shuttered banks as a new week began during which Tuesday’s IMF payment of 1.6 billion euros won’t be paid, and by next

29/06/2015

Economy

Greece stands close to eurozone exit ahead of austerity referendum

Which way now for Greece? With a 1.6 billion euro repayment to the IMF likely to be missed, Athens could be struggling for options on how it can

29/06/2015

Greece

Greek banks remain closed, as pensioners queue up to withdraw payouts

Greek pensioners lined up outside banks desperate to access their monthly payouts. With banks closed until after a referendum on bailout proposals

29/06/2015

Greece

Greeks rush to withdraw cash ahead of week-long bank closures

Greece’s banks will be closed today until July 6 along with the stock market and there is to be a 60 euro daily limit on cash withdrawals. The

29/06/2015