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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias ruled out his country's exit from the EU and called for calm after Greek voters rejected bailout terms of international creditors.

• 07 июля 2015, 11:27

The euro rose after Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis announced his shock resignation, just hours after the cash-strapped nation rejected creditors' austerity demands in a landmark weekend referendum.

• 06 июля 2015, 14:51

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's finance minister resigned despite the government having secured a resounding victory in a weekend referendum.

• 06 июля 2015, 13:44

More than 61 percent of Greek voters rejected fresh austerity demands by the country's EU-IMF creditors in a historic referendum.

• 06 июля 2015, 12:09

Greece has moved a step closer towards a eurozone exit as early results from a crucial bailout referendum suggested Greeks had overwhelmingly rejected creditors' demands for more austerity.

• 06 июля 2015, 10:47

Greece will have to introduce another currency if it votes 'No' in Sunday's referendum on its potential bailout terms, European Parliament president Martin Schulz said.

• 06 июля 2015, 10:26

Greek banks have enough liquidity up to their reopening as expected early next week after the country's bailout referendum at the weekend.

• 04 июля 2015, 12:04

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

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

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

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

The IMF said that it would take part in a meeting between Ukraine and its private bondholders next week, amid rising pressure on creditors to reduce the debt.

• 23 июня 2015, 12:28