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Greek debt crisis: holidaymakers feel the effects

Tourists in Greece are feeling the effects of the country’s ongoing debt crisis. Tourists come to look at monuments from Europe’s ancient world have

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Tusk: Greece's debt deadlock is "getting critical"

European Council President Donald Tusk warned Greece on Friday that “the game of chicken needs to end and so does the blame game.” Tusk told Athens

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Greeks on Lesbos struggling to help refugees

The Greek island of Lesbos is staggering under the strain of caring for refugees arriving from Turkey. The approximately 80,000 islanders have

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Fear grows over Greek banks as withdrawals accelerate

With the country’s debt talks deadlocked, there is fear on the streets of Greece. Euronews correspondent Symela Touchtidou has spent the day talking

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EU officials mull consequences of possible Greek default

The finance ministers of the 19 countries who use the euro will meet in Brussels on Monday to debate what a Greek default would mean for Europe. That

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Tsipras courts Putin as pressure mounts on Greece

Under pressure Greek Prime Miniser Alexis Tsipras is in St Petersburg to take part Russia’s annual business conference. His visit, the second in two

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Europe Weekly: Greece debt crisis rumbles on

In this edition of Europe Weekly, Greece’s debt deal negotiations remain deadlocked; Hungary riles Europe once more after announcing it would build a

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No deal: Eurogroup ends without an agreement on Greece

Time is running out for Greece as the eurogroup meeting has ended with no deal, but this may not be the end of the Greek saga.

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ECOFIN meet in Luxembourg

EU finance ministers are meeting in Luxembourg.It comes as talks on a debt-deal for Greece and the euro remain deadlocked. Thursday’s meeting of

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EU calls crisis summit after Greece bailout talks fail

The meeting of European finance ministers in Luxembourg has ended with no solution to the Greek debt crisis. Instead eurozone leaders are to meet for

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Greeks in last-ditch rally to stay in the eurozone

With Greece once again on a knife edge over whether it will leave the euro, thousands of people rallied in Athens on Thursday calling for the country

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No deal on Greek debt eurozone leaders schedule crisis summit for Monday

It comes as no surprise that the meeting of European finance ministers has ended with no solution to the Greek debt problem. Eurozone leaders are to

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No deal on Greek debt eurozone leaders schedule crisis summit for Monday

It comes as no surprise that the meeting of European finance ministers has ended with no solution to the Greek debt crisis. Eurozone leaders are to

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Eurogroup ministers meet as Greece's future hangs in the balance

Eurozone finance minister meet in Luxembourg with the agenda dominated by the Greek financial crisis. But with a last ditch attempt by Austrian

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Life in the shadow of debt

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Greeks rally ahead of eurozone crunch talks

As the sun set over Athens, thousands gathered outside of parliament for an anti-austerity demo, but could the sun also be setting on Greece's future in the eurozone?

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Athens rallies against austerity ahead of eurozone crunch talks

It may be 31 degrees Celsius in Athens, but the political temperature is at boiling point and the Greeks appear to be in a defiant mood. We’re

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Debt history capsized Greece

Greece reached today’s impasse by coming clean about a secret, to begin with. Soon after he was elected to lead the country in autumn 2009, the prime

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Record 59.5 million people displaced by conflict worldwide in 2014

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Greece seeks 'honourable compromise' but will not shirk the big 'no'

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made it clear that the government wants to reach an “honourable compromise” to solve the debt crisis. He was