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Europe Weekly: Greece set for referendum on bailout terms

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Greece gets ready for a referendum on bailout terms offered by its international creditors; Greek banks shut to

Greece

Greece: with referendum looming 'Yes' vote ahead, opinion poll suggests

In Greece, a new opinion poll suggests the 'Yes' vote pulls slightly into the lead ahead of Sunday's referendum on austerity measures.

World News

Tsipras: 'no' vote will mean a better deal with lenders

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted on Thursday that a ‘no’ vote in Sunday’s referendum would give him a chance to negotiate a better outcome with

Greece

Greek people will suffer after Sunday's vote, says Communist Party

Thousands of Communist Party (KKE) supporters gathered in front of Greece’s parliament building in central Athens on Thursday (July 2). Their leader

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Economy

Tsipras keeps options open ahead of Greece bailout vote

As Greece heads to a referendum this Sunday (July 5) on the country’s bailout terms opinion polls contradict each other. One gives the “yes”

Economy

Greek referendum bid for 'reinforcements' is 'anti-constitutional'

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said: “I take personal responsibility for an immediate solution, right after the democratic

Greece

Varoufakis echoes Syriza defiance before Greek referendum

The Greek finance minister has reiterated the Syriza government’s defiant stance ahead of Sunday’s referendum on the country’s bailout terms. Yanis

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

World News

Mixed messages from Europe's leaders ahead of the Greek referendum

Europe will wait for the results of the Greek referendum. That is the overall message coming from EU leaders and the head of the euro zone’s

Business Line

Grisis: Grexit after the Greferendum

Greece’s financial system has plunged into a deep freeze this week. The country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras shocked European policy makers and

Economy

Tsipras repeats call for Greeks to vote "no" in referendum

The Greek Prime Minister has again urged Greeks to reject new bailout terms in Sunday’s referendum. In a televised address Alexis Tsipras described

Economy

All you need to know about the Greek referendum

Greece’s debt crisis is the saga that has seemingly dominated headlines for months (if not years) – the only positive being it’s gone on for so long

Economy

Tsipras says if Greeks approve the EU's aid plan, Syriza will resign

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told the Greek people that if they vote to accept the terms of continued EU financial aid in Sunday’s referendum he

Greece

European leaders 'open to further negotiations' with Greece

European leaders say the door remains open for negotiations with Athens on the Greek debt crisis.

Economy

Greece to default on IMF loan on Tuesday as banks close and panic buying begins

Greeks stood around outside shuttered banks as a new week began during which Tuesday’s IMF payment of 1.6 billion euros won’t be paid, and by next

Economy

Greece stands close to eurozone exit ahead of austerity referendum

Which way now for Greece? With a 1.6 billion euro repayment to the IMF likely to be missed, Athens could be struggling for options on how it can

Greece

Greeks rush to withdraw cash ahead of week-long bank closures

Greece’s banks will be closed today until July 6 along with the stock market and there is to be a 60 euro daily limit on cash withdrawals. The

Economy

Greece: PM Tsipras gets go ahead to hold controversial bailout referendum

Greece’s parliament has authorised a controversial referendum on the latest terms offered by creditors to unlock billions of euros in bailout funds

World News

Greece: mixed reaction to referendum decision

News of the impending referendum has caused alarm for some in Greece. The country’s Central Bank says deposits are now at their lowest level since

United Kingdom

Britain EU membership comes into shape

British MPs overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday (June 9) to have the UK hold a referendum on its EU membership, as pledged by Prime Minister David