Greece

Greece

Bailout or loan? Greece set to ask eurozone for funds to cover next six months

Greece will today ask the eurozone to extend what it is calling a ‘loan agreement’ and European officials are calling a ‘bailout’. Negotiations

18/02/2015

Greece

Parliament elects Prokopis Pavlopoulos as next president of Greece

Government nominee Prokopis Pavlopoulos has been elected Greece’s next president, winning resounding support in parliament. With 233 votes out of 300

18/02/2015

Greece

Prokopis Pavlopoulos is elected next president of Greece

Government candidate Prokopis Pavlopoulos, 64, has been elected Greece’s new president in a parliamentary vote. A conservative former interior

18/02/2015

Greece

Conservative to preside over leftist-governed Greece

A conservative former minister head of state of a Greece governed by the radical left led by anti-austerity Alexis Tsipras. Prokopis Pavlopoulos

18/02/2015

Europe News

Greece set to seek loan agreement deal

18/02/2015

Greece

Greece : PM looks set to ask for a six month loan and vote on a new president

Greece intends to ask for a six month extension of its loan agreement with the eurozone today but ministers stressed it would not be the same as the

17/02/2015

Economy

Greeks back Syriza's tough debt stance as talks break down

17/02/2015

Greece

Greece confident of new bailout deal to avoid euro exit

Talks in Brussels between Greece and its eurozone creditors collapsed in disarray on Monday night but Athens says it is confident a deal can still be

17/02/2015

Greece

Eurogroup delivers deadline to Greece over bailout extension

Greece has been given until Friday to request an extension to its bailout programme or face the consequences. The ultimatum came after Monday’s talks

17/02/2015

Greece

Thousands rally in support of Greece's anti-austerity government ahead of bailout talks in Brussels

A mood of optimism continues on the streets of Athens as Greeks show their support for their anti-austerity government ahead of crucial bailout talks in Brussels.

15/02/2015

World

Jyrki Katainen says reform is as vital as economic stimulus

Greece dominates the headlines when it comes to the European economy. But the story is bigger than that. It is also about growth and getting people

13/02/2015

Greece

Greeks optimistic of new credit deal ahead of eurogroup talks

The Greek government remains firmly opposed to implementing more stringent austerity measures but Athens’ stance has renewed optimism that a deal is

13/02/2015

My Europe Series

Sweeping changes in Greece

For more than a year, cleaning women in Greece have been the symbol of the injustices of austerity. They started to protest after they lost their

13/02/2015

Greece

The eternal embrace: 6,000-year-old couple unearthed in Greece

13/02/2015

Economy

Greeks come out in support of further debt negotiations

With an agreement on Greece's debt crisis yet to be reached, Greeks take to the streets in support of further negotiations.

12/02/2015

Greece

Greek PM easily wins parliamentary backing to take on Brussels over bailout revision plans

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras easily won the confidence of parliament in a late night sitting on Tuesday with 162 votes. It means he has the

11/02/2015

Europe News

Eurozone officials seek Greek debt deal

Eurozone finance ministers want to clinch an interim debt deal with Greece on Wednesday. Athens wants to strike an agreement on stop gap financing

10/02/2015

Greece

Greece will leave the Eurozone, says Alan Greenspan

09/02/2015

Greece

Greek PM rejects extending bailout and seeks loan to keep country afloat

Greece needs a bridge loan not a bailout according to its new prime minister. A defiant Alexis Tsipras has laid out his plans to dismantle what he

08/02/2015

Real Economy

Less austerity, more growth: can the new Greek government rise to the challenge?

06/02/2015

Greece

Greek parliament elects a female speaker of parliament

Greece has a new speaker of parliament. Deputy Zoe Konstantopolou has been elected to the post. The Syriza party politician is a 38-year-old lawyer

06/02/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Tsipras seeks Greek debt deal

Greece’s debt crisis has been dominating debate in Europe this week. Fresh from taking office, leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been

06/02/2015

Greece

Greece: Peaceful anti-austerity rally in Athens attracts thousands

Athens anti-austerity rally goes without a hitch, with demonstrators chanting in support of new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis.

06/02/2015

Greece

Greek PM Tspiras warns EU "austerity is not a rule"

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has renewed his determination to do away with austerity measures and accused the ECB of blackmail. In a

05/02/2015

Greece

ECB ups the pressure on Greece and its promises to renegotiate its debt

Pressure is growing on Greece and it finance minister to toe the line and stick to its financial commitments.

04/02/2015

Greece

European media meltdown over Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis

The media loves a wild card and they’ve found their latest darling in the shape of Greece’s new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. He is creating a

03/02/2015