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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew his country wanted the eurozone to provide a bailout, but one that "respects the Greek people".

• 13 июля 2015, 10:27

Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking a British exemption from European Union employment laws as part of his push to gain more autonomy from Brussels.

• 11 июля 2015, 12:05

The European Union will help Hungary and western Balkan countries struggling with an influx of migrants, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

• 09 июля 2015, 10:59

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is sure rapprochement between the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan and and the 28-nation European Union is going to take place.

• 09 июля 2015, 00:59

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that there was still no basis for talks on a new Greek bailout, as she arrived in Brussels for an emergency summit of eurozone leaders.

• 08 июля 2015, 10:35

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker said he was against an exit by Greece from the euro, even though Greeks massively rejected bailout terms in a referendum this weekend.

• 07 июля 2015, 14:07

EU president Donald Tusk urged the bloc to avoid sending any "dramatic messages" even if the Greeks were to vote against bailout conditions in their weekend referendum.

• 04 июля 2015, 14:16

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

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

• 01 июля 2015, 11:35

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

China is expected to unveil its long-awaited national pledges to reduce carbon emissions beyond 2020, a state-run newspaper said.

• 29 июня 2015, 17:21

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

The president of the European Commission will make his latest proposals later to try to avoid a Greek default, adding that Athens was 'centimetres' away from a deal when discussions broke down.

• 29 июня 2015, 15:30

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

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said all sides had shown the political will needed to strike a nuclear deal with Iran, praising the "good results" despite a day of tough talks.

• 29 июня 2015, 13:28

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

Austria will next week officially file a legal complaint in Brussels against state subsidies for Britain's planned new Hinkley Point nuclear power plant.

• 24 июня 2015, 11:38

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that there is "still a lot of work to do" if Greece and its creditors are to reach an agreement to avert a possible default.

• 24 июня 2015, 10:18

EU foreign ministers formally approved the launch of the first phase of a military operation to target people smugglers in the Mediterranean.

• 23 июня 2015, 10:54

Eurozone finance ministers will meet again in a bid to reach a final bailout deal for Greece ahead of an EU leaders' summit the following day.

• 23 июня 2015, 10:18