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Malaysia's premier Najib Razak on Friday dismissed as "political sabotage" a report that a probe into a state-owned investment fund had found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred to his personal bank accounts.

• 03 июля 2015, 14:48

Greece will not exit the eurozone regardless of the outcome of the country's referendum this weekend, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said.

• 03 июля 2015, 12:01

Greece needs 50 billion euros over the next three years, including 36 billion euros more from EU lenders, to stabilize its finances even under existing creditor plans.

• 03 июля 2015, 10:53

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed to press ahead with a controversial bailout referendum as European leaders ruled out any fresh debt offer before Sunday's vote.

• 02 июля 2015, 15:57

The International Monetary Fund said that allowing a borrower to delay repayment, as Greece has requested, is generally ineffective in helping a country overcome crisis.

• 02 июля 2015, 11:42

Ukraine announced the immediate suspension of all Russian gas purchases after EU-mediated negotiations aimed at keeping supplies running for at least three more months broke down.

• 01 июля 2015, 13:05

Eurozone finance ministers declined to extend Greece's bailout Tuesday hours before its expiry and a possible IMF default.

• 01 июля 2015, 11:35

The European Commission has pledged to send financial aid and experts to Hungary to help it cope with a surge in illegal immigration this year.

• 01 июля 2015, 10:37

Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany won't enter into new aid negotiations with Athens before Greece's weekend referendum.

• 01 июля 2015, 10:02

Nobody in the halls of the International Monetary Fund in Washington has any illusion: Greece is going to default, delivering a new blow to the global crisis bank's credibility.

• 30 июня 2015, 14:47

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said that Greece can still return to negotiations with its international creditors to avert a default and possible exit from the euro.

• 30 июня 2015, 14:16

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed the hope that Brussels would avoid "negative scenarios" over Greece amid fears that the country is heading for a eurozone exit.

• 30 июня 2015, 11:31

Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras slashed its five-year investment plan by a whopping 77 billion dollars -- as it tries to recover from a massive corruption scandal.

• 30 июня 2015, 11:08

It has already been dubbed "Black Monday" -- jittery housewives, shoppers and business owners queued in vain at cash machines in Athens, where the country awoke to capital controls and shuttered banks.

• 29 июня 2015, 17:04

Italy's finance minister played down the threat of Italy being hit by the fallout from market instability linked to the Greek crisis.

• 29 июня 2015, 15:21

The Greek government said it had called an emergency gathering of its systemic stability council, as speculation mounted of capital controls being imposed and increasing signs of a bank run.

• 29 июня 2015, 12:23

Greece will hold a referendum on July 5 on the outcome of negotiations with its international creditors taking place in Brussels.

• 27 июня 2015, 15:35

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff arrives in the United States for a long-delayed visit, looking to shore up economic ties.

• 27 июня 2015, 13:05

Christine Lagarde has said she is ready to consider a second term as head of the International Monetary Fund in an interview with a French magazine to be published.

• 25 июня 2015, 10:55

Crisis-hit Greece is in the "final stretch" of negotiations with creditors and could reach agreement shortly, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis indicated.

• 24 июня 2015, 15:58