Greece’s marathon bailout programme finally over, or is it?
GREEK CB CHIEF WARNS OVER BACKTRACKING Greece’s central bank governor warned the country not to backtrack on commitments to its lenders after it exits the...
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Greece exits final bailout successfully – ESM
Greece has successfully exited its final, three-year bailout programme, agreed in August 2015 to help it cope with the continued fallout from a debt crisis,...
Greece gets debt relief from euro zone
Greece has been living primarily on money borrowed from euro zone governments in three bailouts since 2010, when it lost market access because of a...
Greek PM Tsipras tells cabinet to finish bailout marathon
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged his ministers on Tuesday to intensify reform efforts as the country heads towards the anticipated conclusion of a three-year...
Greek bond sales a litmus test as Athens looks to leave bailout era
Greece’s economy is growing, its credit ratings are on the up, the government has returned to bond markets and hopes to leave the 86 billion...
Greek metro halted, ships docked in protest over right to strike
The Athens subway came to a standstill on Friday as Greeks protested against new reforms that parliament is set to approve on Jan 15 in...
Greeks call strike over austerity and bailout reforms
Greeks walked off the job on Thursday in a nationwide strike protesting against austerity measures and reforms the leftist-led government has agreed with the country’s...
Greek pensioners protest against government
By Lefteris Papadimas Several hundred elderly Greeks marched through Athens on Thursday, protesting against a government they say “took everything” with a new round of...
Greece gets credit lifeline, IMF joins bailout
Euro zone governments threw Greece another 11th-hour credit lifeline on Thursday worth $9.5 billion and sketched new detail on possible debt relief as the IMF...
Greece offers tax breaks to farmers angered by pension reforms
Greece offered concessions on Monday to farmers angry over pension reforms, following a month of protests when farmers intermittently blocked many Greek roads. European Union...
What European crisis? Setting the record straight
By Dimitri Gonis In September 1922, following the ignominious routing of the Greek army by Kemal Ataturk’s forces, 250,000 terrified Greeks, mainly women, children and...
Greece’s Tsipras scrambles to ready tough reforms package (Updated)
By Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras raced on Thursday to finalise a tough package with tax hikes and pension reforms...
Eurogroup reschedules Greece meeting to 1530 GMT
Euro zone finance ministers will hold a Eurogroup conference call on Greece at 1530 GMT on Wednesday, pushing it back by six hours at the...
Italy’s Letta rebukes Europe for ‘serious mistakes’ in Greek bailout
ITALIAN Prime Minister Enrico Letta rebuked Europe for its handling of the Greek crisis on Monday, saying the harsh austerity imposed on Athens had deepened...