Greek debt
Lenders ask Greece to prepare contingency package of extra reforms
Business
April 22, 2016
Lenders ask Greece to prepare contingency package of extra reforms
International lenders asked Greece on Friday to prepare a package of additional savings measures which would be passed into law…
Lenders eye start of Greek debt relief talks at IMF meetings in mid-April
Business
April 18, 2016
Lenders eye start of Greek debt relief talks at IMF meetings in mid-April
Euro zone finance ministers are likely to start discussing debt relief for Greece on the sidelines of the IMF's spring…
ECB reveals capital hole in Greek banks as unpaid loans soar
World
November 1, 2015
ECB reveals capital hole in Greek banks as unpaid loans soar
Greece's banks need to raise more than 14 billion euros (10 billion pounds) of extra capital to cover mounting unpaid…
Resigned finance minister: Greece ‘made mistakes, there’s no doubt’
World
July 21, 2015
Resigned finance minister: Greece ‘made mistakes, there’s no doubt’
In his first international TV interview since resigning as Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that whilst…
In Greek crisis, one big unhappy EU family
World
July 19, 2015
In Greek crisis, one big unhappy EU family
The latest paroxysm of Greece's debt crisis has exposed growing rifts in the euro zone which, unless addressed soon, could…
Oil bounces off three-week lows as Greek debt default looms
Business
June 30, 2015
Oil bounces off three-week lows as Greek debt default looms
Oil prices bounced from three-week lows in choppy trade on Tuesday as investors awaited a Greek debt default, shying away…
Tsipras optimistic on Greek debt deal as banks bleed
World
June 19, 2015
Tsipras optimistic on Greek debt deal as banks bleed
Greeks pulled more than 1 billion euros out of their banks in a single day, banking sources said on Friday,…
Defiant Greek PM sets up EU clash with bailout rejection, austerity rollback
World
February 9, 2015
Defiant Greek PM sets up EU clash with bailout rejection, austerity rollback
Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras laid out plans on Sunday to dismantle Greece's "cruel" austerity program, ruling out any extension…