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Germany's Schauble denies 'Grexit' threat

German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble has said he is confident ‘‘Greece is on the right economic path’‘.

Greece

Masked attackers throw petrol bombs at Greece's Syriza party HQ

People wearing carnival masks threw Molotov cocktails at the Athens headquarters of Greece’s ruling Syriza party on Sunday, causing slight damage.

Economy

IMF reportedly will contribute to Greek bailout

The International Monetary Fund is reportedly likely to contribute up to five billion euros to the third bailout package for Greece.

Economy

EU financial affairs chief says progress made on Greek bailout review talks

EU Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says a crucial Greek bailout review is making progress, but more steps are needed.

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Greece

Austerity-weary farmers hold protest march in Athens

Some 2,000 Greek farmers protested in Athens on Tuesday over increases to their tax and social security contributions amid the government’s ongoing austerity…

Europe News

Grexit is not an option, says EU's Moscovici

Just before EU economy commissioner Pierre Moscovici visited Athens for high level talks, he spoke of the recent stalemate with the IMF and Grexit.

Greece

Greece: World War II bomb defused after Thessaloniki evacuation

An unexploded World War Two bomb was safely defused on Sunday after one of Greece’s biggest peacetime evacuations.

Economy

Tsipras confident on bailout review but urges no more burdens for Greece

An all-important review of Greece’s latest bailout will end well, Alexis Tsipras told a meeting of his Syriza party in Athens on Saturday.

Greece

[Opinion] Greek programme's second review must conclude quickly

Greek debt relief has to be discussed in the framework of the roadmap agreed in May 2016, says Roberto Gualtieri.

World News

Which EU country pays the most generous minimum wage?

Debt-hit Greece is the only country in the EU that has seen its minimum wage fall over the last decade, new figures have revealed.

Economy

Greek finance minister meets eurozone officials over bailout logjam

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos meets top European officials in Brussels to try to break the deadlock over stalled bailout talks.

Economy

The Brief from Brussels: Grexit makes a comeback?

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

Economy

IMF-EU stalemate over Greek debt

Greece is getting impatient at the stand-off between the International Monetary Fund and the European Union over Athens' latest bailout.

Greece

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Protesters confront ministers at Athens migrant camp

Greece’s migration minister Yannis Mouzalas was confronted by an angry crowd at the entrance of a sprawling migrant camp in the south of Athens on Monday, trying to block his entrance to the…

Greece

Migrant deaths prompt work at Greek camp

Greek media say three men were poisoned by fumes from stoves lit inside the tents to combat the bitter winter temperatures. However, the authorities would neither confirm nor deny this.

Greece

Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn march against migrants in Athens

Anti-migrant Golden Dawn march in Athens

Turkey

Turkey threatens to cancel the Greek-EU migration deal

A row over the extradition of eight soldiers it says were involved with last year's coup means Ankara is threatening to cancel the Greek migration deal

Greece

Turkey: Anger as Greek court rejects extradition of fugitive soldiers

Ankara has reacted with fury after Greece's Supreme Court rejected the extradition of 8 Turkish soldiers wanted over last July's attempted coup.

Greece

Greece: Supreme Court rules against extraditing 8 Turkish soldiers

Turkey said Greece was protecting plotters and failing in the fight against terrorism on Thursday after the Supreme Court in Athens ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers wanted over last Ju