Greece

Greece

Tsipras tells 'no' voters to turn against those who 'terrorise you'

Athens’ Syntagma Square was packed full of ‘no’ supporters on Friday evening ahead of Sunday’s crunch referendum, meant to decide Greece’s future

04/07/2015

Greece

Greece 'yes' voters gather for major rally ahead of bailout vote

Some 20,000 supporters of a “yes” vote gathered in front of the ancient Panathenaic Stadium with banners reading “nai” – Greek for “yes.” Celebrities

03/07/2015

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

03/07/2015

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

03/07/2015

Greece

Greek court rejects appeal to block bailout vote

Greece’s highest court has rejected an appeal against a referendum on a bailout package from creditors, clearing the way for the vote to be held as

03/07/2015

Greece

Greek PM Tsipras says IMF report supports "no" vote

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has repeated his call for people to vote no in Sunday’s bailout referendum. In a televised address he said

03/07/2015

World

Greek society near paralysed by bank freeze

On the last weekend of June the Greek government announced a referendum. The choices: accept lenders’ continuing austerity conditions on another

03/07/2015

My Europe Series

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

03/07/2015

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

03/07/2015

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.

03/07/2015

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

02/07/2015

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

02/07/2015

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”

02/07/2015

Economy

Grexit could hit other eurozone countries

A Greek exit from the eurozone could send shockwaves through the single currency area. If investors no longer see membership as permanent, they might

02/07/2015

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

02/07/2015

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

02/07/2015

Economy

Greek crisis: pensioners queue for ration payout

02/07/2015

Greece

Tourists enjoying Mykonos sun aware of Greek hosts' dark clouds

It might be hard to believe as the crisis heads towards a climax, but there is another – previously more familiar – face to Greece. On the island of

02/07/2015

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

02/07/2015

Greece

What is the market price of valour for Greece?

01/07/2015

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

01/07/2015

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

01/07/2015

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

01/07/2015

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

01/07/2015

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.

01/07/2015

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.

01/07/2015