Greece

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

Economy

Greek debt: who will pay if Greece fails?

Financial doomsday for Greece, economic meltdown for Europe? It seems you can’t click a mouse these days without headlines screaming debt at you

03/02/2015

Greece

Greece plays the too big to fail card - will it work?

Greece's new anti-austerity and anti-bailout government is pushing to reduce Athen's huge debt burden as eurozone's governments debate how much they can concede.

03/02/2015

Greece

Greek debt crisis no Wild West showdown says Varoufakis

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is adamant the Greek debt debate should not be seen as some form of battle. He pointed the finger at

03/02/2015

Greece

Greece denies 'standoff' over its debt but new plans sound the alarm in Europe

Greece’s newly appointed finance minister is on a European tour seeking to reassure international investors that Athens is not in a standoff with its

03/02/2015

Greece

Tsipras faces stiff challenge in scrapping bailout deal

Alexis Tsipras, the new Greek prime minister, might be continuing his campaign to scrap the troika bailout agreement, but it’s Germany which holds

02/02/2015

Greece

Golden Dawn rally in Athens provokes anti-fascist protests

In the Greek capital thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators took to the streets in a rally against far-right extremism. The protest was in response

01/02/2015

Greece

Greeks like the sound of Syriza talking tough, but hope it has more than just words to offer

Greeks have woken up to the fact that it is all change and Syriza is ready to play hardball with the country’s creditors following yesterday’s

31/01/2015

Economy

No more Troika talks as Greece seeks new debt deal

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have met with European Parliament President Martin Schulz in Strasbourg for

31/01/2015

Economy

What did Eurogroup head whisper to Greek minister after frosty meeting?

Some reports say Jeroen Dijsselbloem told Greek minister Yanis Varoufakis: "You've just killed the troika."

30/01/2015

Greece

Greece warned against reversing austerity as it rejects bailout administrators

Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis says it will no longer cooperate with its bailout lenders, eurozone finance chief Dijsselbloem warns against reversing austerity measures

30/01/2015

Greece

Funeral of singer Demis Roussos held in Athens

The funeral of Egyptian born Greek singer Demis Roussos has been held in Athens. The 68-year-old died last weekend and has been mourned by fans

30/01/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Greek election aftermath

A week after the elections in Greece, the new government is trying to wriggle out of the clasp of austerity measures imposed on it by the Troika

30/01/2015

Greece

'Positive signs' Greece will work together with lenders to reach deal

The European Parliament president has expressed optimism over reaching agreements between Greece and Brussels on the bailout. Martin Schulz is the

29/01/2015