Greece

Greece

Athens protest warns Greek government against debt deal with more austerity

With Greece under constant international pressure to make more cuts and reforms to secure bailout money – at home there was a strong warning not to

12/06/2015

Greece

Tears as Greek state TV returns to air after austerity shutdown

11/06/2015

Greece

Protesters warn Greece's government over pensions as sources claim EU deal is close

Communist Party supporters occupy the Greek finance ministry to warn the government not touch pension funds in a bid to pay back its EU/IMF lenders.

11/06/2015

Greece

S&P lowers rating on Greece to CCC from CCC+

11/06/2015

Greece

Greek debt talks to intensify as June deadline looms

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras emerged after the latest sleep-defying talks with his French and German counterparts in confident mood despite

10/06/2015

Greece

EXCLUSIVE: The Greek answer to the institutions

A few hours before Tsipras meets Merkel and Hollande in Brussels, there is still no answer to the new Greek proposals. Greek governmenht sources said to euronews and Efi Koutsokosta.

10/06/2015

Greece

Debt talks in doubt as Greece struggles with new plans

Doubts have been raised over whether a crucial debt meeting in Brussels between the leaders of Greece France and Germany will go ahead today. An

10/06/2015

Greece

EXCLUSIVE: Greek statement on debt talks

09/06/2015

Economy

Greeks agonise over prospect of more austerity measures

With a debt crisis now in its fifth year, Greece has become used to painful, drawn-out negotiations with international lenders. But to many Greeks

09/06/2015

Economy

Greek debt talks exclusive: “We've made the half distance.. it's the institutions' turn”

09/06/2015

Economy

Greece's Tsipras seeks compromise on cash-for-reforms deal

It's a tough balancing act for Alexis Tsipras, as the Greek Prime Minister negotiates with international creditors on new proposals that could upset his ruling anti-austerity party Syriza.

09/06/2015

Greece

Greece offers new proposals to creditors to unlock bailout funds

Greece has handed its creditors new proposals in the hope that they’ll agree to unlock funds to avoid bankruptcy. In a further attempt to compromise

09/06/2015

Greece

Greece calls for new approach to its debt crisis

Against a backdrop of restarted talks with international lenders, Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis attended a conference in Berlin focused on

09/06/2015

Greece

Tsipras to meet Hollande and Merkel in Brussels on Wednesday

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to hold talks with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on the

07/06/2015

Greece

'Conclusive solution needed' for Greece and Europe, says Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told parliament in no uncertain terms that a cash-for-reforms plan outlined by the European Commission is both

06/06/2015

Greece

'Conclusive solution needed' for Greece and Europe, says Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told parliament in no uncertain terms that a cash-for-reforms plan outlined by the European Commission is both

05/06/2015

Greece

Mixed reaction in Athens to debt repayment delay

With no deal on Greece’s debt in sight and the government’s decision to postpone an IMF repayment along with three other debt instalments until the

05/06/2015

Europe News

Greece has bought itself some time by bundling together its payments to the IMF

Greece has bought itself some time by bundling together its payments to the IMF. It plans to hand over the 1.6 billion euros it owes this month to

05/06/2015

Greece

Early election warning if Greece's creditors refuse to soften terms

Far-left factions within Greece’s government have said early elections may be called if international lenders do not soften their terms for a

05/06/2015

Greece

Greece to delay and bundle debt payments, IMF announces

Negotiations over Greece’s debt repayments seem to have reached a temporary conclusion. Following talks on June 3, the International Monetary Fund

04/06/2015

Greece

Frustration in Athens over Greek debt talks

Greek opposition leaders slammed leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over his negotiating skills on Thursday, with the conservative party saying "Napoleon fared better at Waterloo".

04/06/2015

Europe News

Greek debt talks rumble on

Greek debt talks ended on Thursday without a deal struck between Athens and EU officials. The Reuters news agency reported that the EU is pushing

04/06/2015

Greece

Positive mood despite talks between Greece and creditors ending with no deal

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he believes "an agreement is in sight" with regard a debt deal being struck between the country and its creditors.

04/06/2015

Europe News

Greek PM set for crunch EU bailout talks

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tspiras will hold talks with EU officials later on Wednesday in what has been branded as “a last chance” to strike a

03/06/2015

Greece

Eurogroup head dampens Greece's enthusiasm over debt deal

The head of the Eurogroup is dampening Greece’s enthusiasm over striking a debt deal. Jeroen Dijsselbloem says an agreement to release aid is not

02/06/2015

Greece

Greece submits 'realistic' plan to creditors as it races to strike debt deal

Greece says it has sent creditors a “comprehensive” and “realistic” package of reforms, as it races to reach a last minute debt deal. Prime Minister

02/06/2015