greece debt crisis

Greece Ends Three-Year Bailout Plan with EU

Greece has successfully completed a three-year eurozone emergency loan program worth €61.9 billion ($70.8 billion) to tackle its debt crisis.…

6 years ago

Greece Debt Crisis: Far-left Rebels in Ruling Syriza Party Break Away to Form New Party

Syriza rebels will form a new party trying to govern Greece, local media reports. Former Prime Minister and left-wing Syriza…

9 years ago

Greece: PM Alexis Tsipras to Call Snap Election for September 20

According to Greek media, PM Alexis Tsipras is set to call a snap election for September 20. Alexis Tsipras has…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Crisis: German Parliament Approves Third Bailout Deal

German parliament has voted by a large majority to approve a third bailout deal for Greece. In total 453 members…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout Deal Agreed by Eurogroup

Eurogroup has agreed a third bailout deal for Greece after the Greek parliament backed the plan. European Commission President Jean-Claude…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout Deal: Parliament Approves Draft Terms for €85 Billion Bailout

The Greek parliament has approved the draft details a third bailout in five years after talks that lasted through the…

9 years ago

Greece’s Economy Grew by 0.8% in Q2 2015

Greece’s economy grew by 0.8% in Q2 2015, confounding expectations of a steep contraction. The official figures, based on a…

9 years ago

Greece Agrees Bailout Deal Terms, Says Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos

Greece's finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos has announced his country has broadly agreed the substance of a bailout deal with its…

9 years ago

Greece Repays €2.05 Billion Arrears to IMF

Greece has cleared overdue debt repayments of €2.05 billion to the IMF and is no longer in arrears, the creditor…

9 years ago

Greek Banks Reopen After Three Weeks of Closures

Banks in Greece are reopening after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt. Greece reached…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout: IMF Criticizes EU Creditors over Bailout Terms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has attacked the EU over the terms of a bailout offered to Greece. The IMF…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Talks: Eurozone Leaders Reach Agreement on Third Bailout

Greece will receive a third bailout after marathon talks in Brussels where eurozone leaders have reached the agreement. EU chairman…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Talks: Eurogroup to Decide on Grexit

Eurogroup is due to resume talks in Brussels on a bailout deal for Greece. Nine hours of talks on July…

9 years ago

Grexit: France Wants to Keep Greece in Eurozone

French PM Manuel Valls has said his country will do all it can to keep Greece in the eurozone, because…

9 years ago

Yanis Varoufakis Resigns as Greece’s Finance Minister

Greece’s chief bailout negotiator Euclid Tsakalotos has replaced the country’s outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned on July 6.…

9 years ago

Greece Referendum Results: Greeks Vote NO and Reject Bailout Terms

Greek people decisively rejected the terms of an international bailout, the first results from a controversial debt referendum have shown…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout Referendum: Greeks Vote Whether to Accept Creditor Terms

Greeks are voting in a controversial referendum on whether to accept the terms of an international bailout. Polling stations opened…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Referendum: Tens of Thousands Attend Rival Rallies over Bailout Vote

Rival rallies have been held in the Greek capital ahead of a crucial debt referendum on July 5. PM Alexis…

9 years ago

Greece Default: Alexis Tsipras Offers New Concessions to Eurozone Partners

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has made a defiant speech as cash withdrawal limits begin to bite for bank customers. Alexis…

9 years ago

Grexit: Greece Fails to Pay €1.6 Billion Debt to IMF

Greece has failed to repay €1.6 billion loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hours after eurozone ministers refused to…

9 years ago

Greece Requests New Bailout Deal from Eurozone

Greece has requested a new bailout deal from the eurozone, just hours before it must repay €1.6 billion to the…

9 years ago

Greece Debt Referendum Controversial Question

The question which will be put to Greek voters on July 5 will not be as simple as whether they…

9 years ago

Greece Bailout Referendum: PM Alexis Tsipras Asks Greeks to Vote No

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has urged population to reject international creditors' demands in a snap referendum on the country's…

9 years ago

Grexit: EU Leaders Warn Greek People over Bailout Referendum

EU leaders have warned Greek people that rejecting international creditors' proposals in the bailout referendum called for Sunday, July 5,…

9 years ago

Greece Default: Banks Remained Closed as Capital Controls Will Be Imposed

Greece’s PM Alexis Tsipras has announced that the Greek banks are to remain closed and capital controls will be imposed.…

9 years ago