Inspectors have released a damning progress report amid darkening outlook for Spain. Larry Elliott, Jill Treanor and Giles Tremlett report.
The Mail & Guardian brings you ten facts you might have or not known about the Olympic Games taking place in London.
The large economies of Europe are entering recession, largely due to austerity policies. After three years of festering, drastic action is required.
The head of Medecins Sans Frontires in Greece has accused the Athens authorities of pursuing an incorrect and dangerous public-health strategy.
The creation of the eurozone now seems such an ill-considered idea that it is hard to imagine what its founders were thinking.
Two MP’s from a neo-nazi party in Greece have been arrested in a second incident where the party’s leaders have been accused of attacks on foreigners.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde’s description of Greeks as rampant tax dodgers has provoked a furious reaction in Athens
While Euro angst vies for the spotlight with US jobs data, bad news from mining and manufacturing is expected on the home front, writes Matt Quigley.
The flame for the London Olympics was recently lit in Greece. Helena Smith looks at the legacy of the 2004 Athens Games
The shockwaves from Greece’s failure to form a coalition government have continued to reverberate around world markets.
Coalition talks in Greece have floundered once more, leading it one step closer to new elections and bringing its euro presence into serious doubt.
Polls planned for next month may produce no clear result and could threaten the implementation of the bailout plan that saved Greece from bankruptcy.
Actor Stephen Fry has called on the UK to use the London 2012 Olympics to "redress a great wrong" and return the Parthenon sculptures to Athens.
Citizens in Greece have forged ingenious new economic models to survive by pulling together and selling necessities such a vegetables at cost price.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it would be ‘catastrophic’ to allow Greece to leave the eurozone because of its debt problems.
Opening shots in Greece’s next general election campaign have been fired, threatening to push the euro debt crisis into a new period of uncertainty.
As the country struggles, the rich still buy Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuitton — though they may more discreet about flaunting it.
Are SA firms becoming more optimistic? Can Greece avoid a debt default? Has China tamed inflation? <b>Matt Quigley</b> considers the global economy.
The deal hammered out by eurozone ministers is by no means the end of the tragedy as Greece’s future still looks dismal.
Eurozone leaders have sealed a new bailout for Greece that will fix its immediate financing needs but is unlikely to revive its shattered economy.
Like other forms of mental illness, paedophilia can be contained and managed with therapy.
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/ 14 February 2012
China concedes that it needs to work together with the EU to solve Europe’s debt crisis.
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/ 14 February 2012
Everyone needs a cheesy Valentine’s Day card. Especially Jacob Zuma, Barack Obama and Luis Suarez.
Asian markets and the euro have gained after Greece passed its austerity measures, inching the country closer to a much-needed bailout fund.
Greece’s new austerity measures should allow economists and investors to turn their attention to a host of data releases scheduled for this week.
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/ 10 February 2012
South African stocks booked their first weekly decline since the beginning of 2012, falling 1.3% on Friday as investors cashed in resources firms.
Finance ministers are piling the pressure on Greece to make good on pledges to slash public spending before closing a deal on a €130-billion bailout.
Greek coalition leaders failed to reach a deal on austerity cuts after marathon talks but Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is hopeful of an agreement.
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/ 6 February 2012
Negotiations aimed at lightening Greece’s debt load to more sustainable levels are likely to dominate economic headlines this week.
Eurozone ministers have told Greece they could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed reforms.
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/ 4 February 2012
Finance ministers are to confer by telephone after 12 hours of talks in Athens failed to produce a breakthrough on a Greek bailout deal.
Talks appear to be stalling between EU, IMF negotiators and Greek officials.