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Dutch finance minister Dijsselbloem re-elected Eurogoup head Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem was re-elected as head of the Eurogroup which coordinates policy for the 19-nation euro single currency area.
14 July 2015 10:41
Tsipras tells US Treasury Secretary deal must 'respect' Greeks 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 July 2015 10:27
British PM wants EU employment law exemption: reports 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 July 2015 12:05
EU to help Balkan countries struggling with migrant wave: Merkel The European Union will help Hungary and western Balkan countries struggling with an influx of migrants, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
09 July 2015 10:59
Nazarbayev predicts rapprochement between EEU and EU 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 July 2015 00:59
Merkel: 'still no basis' for talks on new Greek bailout 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 July 2015 10:35
EU's Juncker wants 'to avoid Grexit' 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 July 2015 14:07
Tusk urges EU to avoid 'dramatic messages' on Greece vote 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 July 2015 14:16
IMF: Greece needs 36 bn euros more from EU 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 July 2015 10:53
Eurozone refuses Greek bailout extension, more talks Wednesday Eurozone finance ministers declined to extend Greece's bailout Tuesday hours before its expiry and a possible IMF default.
01 July 2015 11:35
Moscow hopes Brussels will avoid 'negative scenarios' over Greece: Lavrov 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 June 2015 11:31
China's UN climate pledges 'expected': state media China is expected to unveil its long-awaited national pledges to reduce carbon emissions beyond 2020, a state-run newspaper said.
29 June 2015 17:21
'Black Monday' in Greece as panic simmers 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 June 2015 17:04
EU to make latest proposals on Greek crisis on Monday: Moscovici 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 June 2015 15:30
Italy does not fear Greek contagion: finance minister Italy's finance minister played down the threat of Italy being hit by the fallout from market instability linked to the Greek crisis.
29 June 2015 15:21
All sides showing 'political will' for Iran deal: EU 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 June 2015 13:28
Greece in 'final stretch' of talks: Varoufakis Crisis-hit Greece is in the "final stretch" of negotiations with creditors and could reach agreement shortly, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis indicated.
24 June 2015 15:58
Austria to file EU complaint against UK nuclear plant 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 June 2015 11:38
'Still a lot do on Greece': French PM 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 June 2015 10:18
EU launches Mediterranean migrant military mission EU foreign ministers formally approved the launch of the first phase of a military operation to target people smugglers in the Mediterranean.
23 June 2015 10:54
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