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Greece

Greece’s business backbone nears breaking
Article
/ 10 July 2015

Greece’s business backbone nears breaking

SMEs in Greece are having trouble keeping their shops open.

By Staff Reporter
Grexit is now only way out for Greece
Article
/ 9 July 2015

Grexit is now only way out for Greece

The reality is that the eurozone’s managers care more about their loans and their beloved currency than they do about Greece.

By Simon Jenkins
Greece Crisis: It’s all Greek to me
Article
/ 8 July 2015

Greece Crisis: It’s all Greek to me

The pressure to remain well informed is wearing, let’s just admit it, Greece’s economy is another language to many of us.

By Staff Reporter
Europe’s banks brace for market declines as Greece votes ‘No’
Article
/ 6 July 2015

Europe’s banks brace for market declines as Greece votes ‘No’

European banks are poised to lead stock market declines after Greek voters rejected last-ditch European bailout measures.

By Staff Reporter
Sixty euros a day won’t make the doctor go away
Article
/ 2 July 2015

Sixty euros a day won’t make the doctor go away

Seven years of sacrifices and one austerity measure after another have finally brought the people of Greece to a crossroads.

By Staff Reporter
‘Irreversible’ euro exposed as an illusion
Article
/ 2 July 2015

‘Irreversible’ euro exposed as an illusion

As solidarity begins to fade in the currency zone, it is clear that permanence was never a guarantee.

By Jeff Black
Euro elites want Greece regime shift
Article
/ 2 July 2015

Euro elites want Greece regime shift

The current confrontation will shape resistance to austerity – and the future of the whole of Europe.

By Staff Reporter
Grexit is not of Greeks’ choosing
Article
/ 2 July 2015

Grexit is not of Greeks’ choosing

What should be a financial matter has become a political stick to punish the country.

By Staff Reporter
As Greeks withdraw, Draghi sends more
Article
/ 25 June 2015

As Greeks withdraw, Draghi sends more

ECB president Mario Draghi willingly giving Greece negotiating room while cash drains from the banking system has riled those who had a tougher ride.

By Staff Reporter
Greek proposal ‘good basis for progress’
Article
/ 22 June 2015

Greek proposal ‘good basis for progress’

EU officials worked late into the night on Sunday to produce a deal ahead of a summit of leaders that they hope can keep Greece in the currency bloc.

By Alastair Macdonald and Lefteris Papadimas
Greek economy teeters on the edge
Article
/ 18 June 2015

Greek economy teeters on the edge

As bank withdrawal limits in Greece plummet, citizens have been thinking up contingency plans for ‘in case’.

By Jon Henley
Why the ‘obsession’ with pension cuts, asks Greek PM Tsipras
Article
/ 17 June 2015

Why the ‘obsession’ with pension cuts, asks Greek PM Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sees further pension cuts to low earners as a red line his leftist Syriza party will not cross.

By Reuters
Greece to default without aid from lenders
Article
/ 20 May 2015

Greece to default without aid from lenders

Greece will not be able to pay the International Monetary Fund on June 5 unless foreign lenders disburse more aid to the debt-ridden country.

By Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou
Syriza pays the price for poll victory
Article
/ 6 March 2015

Syriza pays the price for poll victory

The newly ruling Greek party has had to back down for now but it is preparing for a fight with serious consequences.

By Costas Lapavitsas
Hostile reception to Greece’s request for loan extension
Article
/ 19 February 2015

Hostile reception to Greece’s request for loan extension

EU paymaster Germany criticised the Greek proposal as "not a substantial solution" as it failed to fulfil bailout conditions.

By Jan Strupczewski and Renee Maltezou
Greece’s creditors are still digging their own graves
Article
/ 19 February 2015

Greece’s creditors are still digging their own graves

By lending Greece money, eurozone members bear some responsibility for the plight of the beleaguered country.

By Larry Elliott
Tsipras the Phaeton alarms China
Article
/ 12 February 2015

Tsipras the Phaeton alarms China

Economic decisions by Athens’s leader may push Greeks to vote for the neo-fascist Golden Dawn.

By Helena Smith
Few agree on success of Greece’s ‘cut the debt’ tour
Article
/ 5 February 2015

Few agree on success of Greece’s ‘cut the debt’ tour

A diplomatic offensive by new Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras to ease bailout aid requirements has been failing to win converts.

By Phillip Inman
Athens tears up austerity handbook
Article
/ 29 January 2015

Athens tears up austerity handbook

The new leaders want to ease the ‘humanitarian crisis’ – but Greece’s creditors are not impressed.

By Helena Smith
Greece’s new leader moves to form anti-austerity government
Article
/ 26 January 2015

Greece’s new leader moves to form anti-austerity government

The election result marked a comprehensive rejection of the years of austerity demanded by the EU and IMF in return for the €240-billion bailout.

By James Mackenzie
Visionary vs Greece’s Mr Austerity
Article
/ 8 January 2015

Visionary vs Greece’s Mr Austerity

The tainted old order under Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is up against unencumbered young firebrand Alexis Tsipras.

By Helena Smith
Greeks take risky election gamble
Article
/ 11 December 2014

Greeks take risky election gamble

Failure to elect a new president will pit the ruling Samaras coalition against the popular radical left Syriza party.

By Helena Smith
Greece to sell off historic buildings to settle debt
Article
/ 19 March 2014

Greece to sell off historic buildings to settle debt

Greece has been selling off its historic properties, including near the Acropolis, to settle its massive economic debt.

By Helena Smith
Dusk settles briskly on Greece’s Golden Dawn
Article
/ 4 October 2013

Dusk settles briskly on Greece’s Golden Dawn

Members had been trained in Nazi-style hit squads to "attack immigrants for fun".

By Helena Smith
Greek police arrest leader of far-right Golden Dawn
Article
/ 29 September 2013

Greek police arrest leader of far-right Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn is under investigation for the murder of rapper Pavlos Fissas, who bled to death after being stabbed by a party sympathiser last week.

By Reuters
Greece lightning strikes again
Article
/ 5 July 2013

Greece lightning strikes again

After years of harsh ­recession, 17-million tourists — an all-time record — are set to visit the mainland and its sun-kissed islands.

By Helena Smith
Greece hit by strikes over national broadcaster’s closure
Article
/ 13 June 2013

Greece hit by strikes over national broadcaster’s closure

Unions in Greece have gone on a strike in protest over the government’s decision to shut down its public broadcaster as part of cost-cutting measures.

By Staff Reporter
Greek neo-Nazi party goes global
Article
/ 5 April 2013

Greek neo-Nazi party goes global

An extremist political group, Golden Dawn, plans to establish cells ‘wherever there are Greeks’.

By Helena Smith
The miracle economy is a misnomer
Article
/ 28 September 2012

The miracle economy is a misnomer

Germany is not just Europe’s biggest economy and the message from the eurozone’s paymaster is simple: if we can do it, so can you.

By Larry Elliott
Weekend 101: Court jester to crown jewels
Videos
/ 24 August 2012

Weekend 101: Court jester to crown jewels

Malema’s not fooling about as Marikana mourns, while Greece goes bankrupt and Prince Harry goes au naturel. In a nutshell.

By Staff Reporter
Bankers happy to play Nero as Europe burns
Article
/ 3 August 2012

Bankers happy to play Nero as Europe burns

While Rome burned, Nero put on fancy dress, stood on a tower and played his lyre, writes Simon Jenkins.

By Simon Jenkins
Canny Finns weather euro storm
Article
/ 31 July 2012

Canny Finns weather euro storm

Tough-dealing Finland, not Greece, could be the first member to quit the monetary union, writes Josephine Moulds.

By Staff Reporter
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