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Full compliance with Minsk key to peace in Ukraine, says Hollande

France and Germany are more convinced than ever that the Minsk agreements aimed at resolving an ongoing crisis in Ukraine should be fully implemented

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Europe Weekly: a tense week for Greece

Coming up in Europe Weekly: deal or no deal as Greece runs dangerously close of running out of money. What next for Ukraine in the aftermath of

Europe News

Germany snubs Greece's EU loan offer

Germany on Thursday rejected Greece’s request for a six-month extension to an EU scheme of emergency loans. Berlin’s decision came shortly after the

Greece

Greeks nervous about Friday's loan extension meeting

Many people in Athens have been speaking of their anxiety and concern as the Greek government formally requests a six-month extension to its eurozone

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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

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

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

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

Europe News

Greece set to seek loan agreement deal

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

Economy

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

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

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

Economy

Pessimism clouds fresh Greek debt talks

Hopes faded of a quick resolution to the Greek debt negotiations on Monday as eurozone finance ministers in Brussels sought a deal on the future of

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.

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

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU 'hopes' Ukraine peace deal can stick

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande travel to Belarus to broker a peace

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

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

Greece

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