Greek PM rules out snap polls after foreign minister quits
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out a snap election on Friday following the resignation of his foreign minister, saying his administration still had backing...
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Greek lawmakers pass painful reforms to attain fiscal targets
By George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou Greek lawmakers on Monday passed a package of unpopular pension and tax reforms that the country’s leftist-led government hopes...
Greek police fire teargas as tempers flare over pensions (Updated)
By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas Scuffles broke out and police used teargas during a mass rally in Athens on Thursday as Greeks railed against...
Striking Greeks take to streets as dissent rumbles over austerity (Updated)
By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Karagiannopoulos Striking Greeks took to the streets on Thursday to protest austerity measures, setting Alexis Tsipras’ government its biggest domestic...
Greece’s Syriza projects election confidence despite split (Updated)
By George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou Greece’s radical left Syriza party can win re-election with an outright majority, a senior member said on Tuesday, and...
Greece made the wrong choice
By John Lloyd Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has, as Macbeth put it, “strutted and fretted his hour upon the stage”. But he will...
Europe moves to restore funding to Greece after bailout vote (Update 3)
By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and George Georgiopoulos Europe moved to re-open funding to Greece’s stricken economy on Thursday, hours after a fractious Greek parliament approved a...
France’s Hollande hails Greek proposals, urges deal (Updated)
French President Francois Hollande said the latest proposals for reforms by the Greek government were “serious and credible”, and said talks between Greece and international...
ECB says can’t be ‘overly generous’ with emergency loans
By Francesco Canepa The European Central Bank cannot provide emergency funding to banks on overly generous terms or against insufficient collateral, it said on Tuesday,...
Athens stock market to remain closed until Wednesday
The Athens stock exchange will remain closed until Wednesday, the Greek Capital Markets Commission said, in line with the closure of the country’s banks as...
