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Greece has bought itself some time by bundling together its payments to the IMF

Greece has bought itself some time by bundling together its payments to the IMF. It plans to hand over the 1.6 billion euros it owes this month to

05/06/2015

Greece

Early election warning if Greece's creditors refuse to soften terms

Far-left factions within Greece’s government have said early elections may be called if international lenders do not soften their terms for a

05/06/2015

Greece

Greece to delay and bundle debt payments, IMF announces

Negotiations over Greece’s debt repayments seem to have reached a temporary conclusion. Following talks on June 3, the International Monetary Fund

04/06/2015

Greece

Frustration in Athens over Greek debt talks

Greek opposition leaders slammed leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over his negotiating skills on Thursday, with the conservative party saying "Napoleon fared better at Waterloo".

04/06/2015

Europe News

Greek debt talks rumble on

Greek debt talks ended on Thursday without a deal struck between Athens and EU officials. The Reuters news agency reported that the EU is pushing

04/06/2015

Greece

Positive mood despite talks between Greece and creditors ending with no deal

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he believes "an agreement is in sight" with regard a debt deal being struck between the country and its creditors.

04/06/2015

Europe News

Greek PM set for crunch EU bailout talks

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tspiras will hold talks with EU officials later on Wednesday in what has been branded as “a last chance” to strike a

03/06/2015

Greece

Eurogroup head dampens Greece's enthusiasm over debt deal

The head of the Eurogroup is dampening Greece’s enthusiasm over striking a debt deal. Jeroen Dijsselbloem says an agreement to release aid is not

02/06/2015

Greece

Greece submits 'realistic' plan to creditors as it races to strike debt deal

Greece says it has sent creditors a “comprehensive” and “realistic” package of reforms, as it races to reach a last minute debt deal. Prime Minister

02/06/2015

Economy

Greek debt crisis: 'no room for more compromises,' says Athens minister

Greece says it cannot make any more concessions, as it races to clinch a last-minute debt deal with its creditors. “There is no room for more

02/06/2015

Greece

Athens waits for news of Berlin bailout talks

Greece’s creditors have held an emergency meeting in Berlin to discuss a ‘final offer’ on debt negotiations. As the meeting ended on Monday (June 1)

01/06/2015

Greece

Greece designs new two-euro coin amid fears of Grexit

Greece, beset by fears its economic troubles could force it out of the 19-member euro zone, has won a competition to design the logo of a

28/05/2015

Greece

Greece deals with sudden influx of new migrants

As several boats carrying at least 300 more migrants reached the Greek island of Kos on Tuesday, the European Commission is due to give more details

26/05/2015

Greece

'Very intensive' work needed for Greek bailout deal, says Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that “very intensive” work is needed for debt-ridden Greece to reach a deal with its international

22/05/2015

Greece

312,679,022,950 euros. This is how much Greece has to repay

22/05/2015

World

Greek island of Samos feels strain of migrant influx

Searching for a better life, many migrants increasingly find death in the Mediterranean. Italy’s prime minister has threatened to raise a migrant

21/05/2015

Greece

Greek health workers go on strike as anger boils over 'under-funding'

Public sector doctors and nurses went on strike in Greece on Wednesday, amid the country’s financial crisis. They say they are fed up with

20/05/2015

Greece

The ghost factories of Greece – Video

18/05/2015

Greece

Greece PM Tsipras optimistic EU economic deal is near

As Greece runs out of time and money, the country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said it has found common ground during talks with its foreign

16/05/2015

Greece

'Grexit' from European education systems? Hundreds in Athens protest government reforms

Over 400 people have gathered in Athens to demonstrate against education reforms. The crowd consisted largely of university professors and school

13/05/2015

Europe News

Greece stumps up IMF cash

Greece has paid 750 millions euros that it owes to the IMF, officials said on Monday, as eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels to discuss the

11/05/2015

Europe News

Greece to pay IMF by Tuesday's deadline, says finance minister Varoufakis

Athens will pay the 750 million euros it owes to the IMF on time, the country’s finance minister said on Monday. Yanis Varoufakis was in Brussels for

11/05/2015

Greece

Varoufakis: 'Greece always meets its obligations to its creditors'

11/05/2015

Sport

Athens street pole vault event reaches new heights

For a 3rd consecutive year, the Greek capital Athens has organized the Athens Street Pole Vault event. Piotr Lisek from Poland and Kostas Filippidis

09/05/2015

My Europe Series

Greece draws battle lines over war reparations from Germany

The village of Distomo has long been a symbol of Greek suffering during the World War II Nazi occupation and also of war reparations Athens says Berlin has never paid.

08/05/2015

Greece

Athens re-hires laid off public workers as it seeks more cash help

Greece is defying its international creditors and re-hiring thousands of public sector workers, including cleaners. A law has been passed which will

08/05/2015