Greece wins more time but no immediate aid
- 13 Nov 2012 07:52 - Jan Strupczewski
- Greece's international lenders have agreed to give the country two more years to make the cuts demanded of it.
Greeks return to the hard life they tried to escape
- 21 Sep 2012 00:00 - Eleni Giokos
- Greece has had to impose budget cuts of more than 20-billion in three years - the most any eurozone country has been forced to endure.
Professional class drags down Greece
- 14 Sep 2012 11:46 - Phillip Inman
- There is one good reason for Greece to stay in the euro: to combat corruption. The country is riddled with it.
Video | Weekend 101: Court jester to crown jewels
- 24 Aug 2012 13:03
- Malema's not fooling about as Marikana mourns, while Greece goes bankrupt and Prince Harry goes au naturel. In a nutshell.
Hollywood stars give Greek tourist industry A-list endorsement
- 06 Aug 2012 16:30 - Helena Smith
- Brad Pitt and Angela Jolie are among the stars returning to Greece as its stricken economy gets a boost from a surge in bookings.
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Greek leader faces audit amid rescue plan
- 02 Jul 2012 10:21 - Katerina Voussoura
- Prime Minister Antonis Samaras must face an audit by Greece's creditors and may be tempted to change rescue terms in line with what was offered Spain.
Greece's finance minister resigns as crisis deepens
- 25 Jun 2012 18:59 - Harry Papachristou
- Greece's finance minister has resigned because of ill health, throwing the government's drive to soften an international bailout into confusion.
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Greece closes in on coalition deal
- 19 Jun 2012 13:24 - Dario Thuburn
- Greece has begun a second day of coalition talks under the gun from financial markets and world powers after elections won by a pro-euro party.
Debt and regret in Athens
- 24 May 2012 18:17 - Helena Smith
- The flame for the London Olympics was recently lit in Greece. Helena Smith looks at the legacy of the 2004 Athens Games
World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil
- 20 May 2012 06:37 - Reuters
- A summit of the G8 nations on Saturday came down in favour of a push to balance European austerity with a new dose of US-style stimulus.
A dignified 'Grexit' is unlikely
- 18 May 2012 10:56 - Kevin Davie
- Whether the Greeks are left with a much-diluted drachma or not, there is still more pain ahead, writes Kevin Davie
Cobbling a coalition? Greek president pushes to avert poll
- 13 May 2012 01:01 -
- Greece's president met party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to cobble together a coalition and avert a repeat election.
Likely economic scenarios for Greece
- 12 May 2012 01:45 - Phillip Inman
- After an inconclusive election in Athens, these are some economic scenarios and their likely impact on the Eurozone.
Voters alter EU's political landscape
- 12 May 2012 12:54 - Seumas Milne
- The backlash against austerity measures has begun as pressured citizens reject their leaders
Bailout just prolongs Greek agony
- 24 Feb 2012 00:00 - Larry Elliott
- The deal hammered out by eurozone ministers is by no means the end of the tragedy as Greece's future still looks dismal.
New Greek government in race against time
- 12 Nov 2011 20:04 - Helene Colliopoulou
- Greece's new unity government under Lucas Papademos faces a race against time to save the debt-stricken nation from bankruptcy.
IMF 'confident' blocked Greece loan will be released
- 05 Oct 2011 13:03 - Staff Reporter
- The IMF says it's "confident" of its talks with Greece on plans to trim its deficit that will lead to the release €8-billion in bailout funds
European debt crisis is at a perilous juncture
- 22 Jul 2011 13:42 - Larry Elliott
- The country in the firing line is Italy, which accounts for 20% of the eurozone's output, as opposed to Greece's 3%.
