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Greek government submits list of reforms to Brussels

He has in his own words, “won a battle, not the war.” Now Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras must wait for the big guns of Brussels to react to his

Greece

Greece submits reform proposals to Brussels in an effort to avoid Grexit

Greek media reports the leftist-led government has submitted a letter to Brussels, listing reforms it hopes will save the country from bankruptcy

Economy

Battle won, war ongoing: Greece takes 'step backwards' in bailout talks

'We've won a battle, but not the war' declares the Greek Prime Minister as a four-month loan extension looks set to keep the country afloat.

Economy

Relief and skepticism in Greece after eurozone loan deal

Athens can breath more easily after the country’s loan extension was approved in Brussels on Friday. But receiving a credit lifeline comes at a

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Economy

Greece back from the brink as eurozone agrees four-month loan extension

Greece has secured agreement from the eurozone and IMF that its bailout package will be extended by four months. But the deal will only be ratified

Economy

Greece bailout extended for four months

Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an agreement on Friday evening to extend Greece’s international bailout

Economy

EU finance ministers in crunch talks over Greece

The Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis arrived in Brussels on Friday afternoon for crunch talks with his Eurogroup counterparts, optimistic that

Greece

Many Greeks still going hungry and can't pay for electricity

For two years, Giorgos and Evgenia Kouzilos and their three children have been living without electricity. Athens says 300,000 households in Greece

Greece

Greece confident about loan extension ahead of eurogroup talks

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday he was certain that eurozone finance ministers would accept Athens’ loan extension. request

France

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

Economy

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

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

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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