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Euclid Tsakalotos sworn in as new Greek finance minister

Euclid Tsakalotos has been sworn in as Greece’s new finance minister after Yanis Varoufakis resigned. Analysts say the 55-year-old, who speaks Greek

Spain

Spain open to new Greece bailout talks post-referendum

Spanish Economy Minister Luis De Guindos says a Greek exit was not being contemplated by Madrid.

Greece

Many Greek businesses struggling to pay state taxes

Many Greek businesses are struggling: capital controls and two weeks of bank holidays means they have insufficient revenue to pay state taxes. They

World News

"I don't understand it at all", residents of Aachen react to Greek 'No'

In Germany the news of the Greek referendum was greeted with a mix of frustration, bewilderment and solidarity. After Greeks answered with a

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Economy

"We gave an example of democracy" says Greek Prime Minister

Greek PM calls for more negotiations with creditors and says national unity is needed

Greece

Thousands of Greeks celebrate referendum result

Thousands of joyful Greeks poured into the capital’s central square as the scale of the rejection to a bailout deal which would have imposed more

Greece

It's a decisive "No" in Greek bailout referendum

Greeks celebrate in central Athens after a decisive "No" vote against accepting the terms of a eurozone bail-out deal

Greece

Thousands gather for rival rallies in Greek capital

Thousands of people have gathered in the Greek capital in a massive show of solidarity ahead of Sunday’s bailout referendum. This is the final day of

Greece

Post-referendum Greece will change 'dramatically'

Ahead of the referendum in Greece this Sunday, tensions have been building between the camp that intends to vote ‘yes’ and those determined to vote

Europe News

Half of Greek bailout money already 'lost', says top Belgian economist

Audrey Tilve, euronews: Paul De Grauwe, you teach at the London School of the Economics and the University of Leuven. You’ve been following the Greek

France

Thousands rally in France in support of Greek "no" vote

In France, thousands have been protesting urging Greeks to vote no in Sunday’s bailout referendum. From Paris to Marseille to Montpellier, the scene

Greece

Thousands of jobs face axe as cash shortage threatens Greek traders

Capital controls on Greece’s banking sector are starting to squeeze business in more ways than one. There is now a dramatic shortage of cash on the

Economy

Greek crisis: pensioners queue for ration payout

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

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

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

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

Economy

Greek Prime Minister Tsipras confirms referendum, calls for Greeks to reject creditors' proposal

The Greek Prime Minister Alex Tsipras has confirmed Sunday’s referendum on the bailout plan proposed by Greece’s creditors. He has called on Greeks

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.

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.