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Greece's former leader Alexis Tsipras has opened the door to a coalition with rivals on the left should his Syriza party fail to win a majority in elections in two weeks' time.

• 05 сентября 2015, 14:29

Angry protesters greeted top EU officials visiting the Greek island of Kos on Friday to see the impact of the migrant crisis.

• 05 сентября 2015, 10:24

Europe is facing an "unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis" as it struggles with the huge influx of refugees and migrants, the European Commission's vice-president Frans Timmermans said.

• 04 сентября 2015, 11:33

Greece's ex-prime minister Alexis Tsipras called for voters in upcoming snap elections to give his radical left Syriza party a "strong mandate" to lead the crisis-hit nation.

• 31 августа 2015, 16:43

Greece geared up for a snap election next month, with an opinion poll showing the leftist party Syriza ahead despite a wave of defections over the country's massive new bailout.

• 29 августа 2015, 13:55

Greece's top judge became the country's first female prime minister, taking over a caretaker administration to organise early elections next month.

• 28 августа 2015, 17:54

A breakaway eurosceptic faction of Greece's Syriza party was to attempt to form a government as the country headed for a likely September 20 snap ballot.

• 24 августа 2015, 11:26

Rebels from Greece's Syriza party on Friday formed a breakaway parliamentary group after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned.

• 22 августа 2015, 13:31

Macedonia said it would allow a limited number of "vulnerable" migrants to enter the country after sealing its border with Greece to them, leaving thousands of refugees stuck in no-man's land.

• 22 августа 2015, 11:58

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has proposed calling an early election in the crisis-hit country on September 20, the ANA news agency said.

• 21 августа 2015, 10:03

Kazakhstan has been put on the map of the world's riskiest sovereign debt by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Really?

• 20 августа 2015, 18:07

Greece has repaid 3.4 billion euros ($3.79 billion) due to the European Central Bank, a source close to the Greek government said after the launch of a massive new reforms-for-bailout deal.

• 20 августа 2015, 15:18

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked that the European Parliament (EP) join the group of creditors overseeing the recently-approved bailout deal.

• 20 августа 2015, 11:46

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte received a grilling in parliament for his cabinet's support for debt-ridden Greece's third international bailout.

• 20 августа 2015, 10:47

Spanish lawmakers overwhelming approved Greece's third bailout package following a debate in parliament which the ruling party used to defend its economic record.

• 19 августа 2015, 11:50

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her hardline Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Sunday hailed a dramatic change in Greece's approach to its debt crisis.

• 17 августа 2015, 13:10

Eurozone finance ministers approved Friday a third debt bailout worth up to 86 billion euros to keep Greece afloat and avoid its chaotic exit from the single currency bloc.

• 15 августа 2015, 12:47

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".

• 14 августа 2015, 14:20

Greece has reached a deal on a multi-billion bailout with its international creditors after marathon talks.

• 11 августа 2015, 14:03

The United Nations warned that migrants landing in Greece were facing "shameful" conditions, with the crisis-hit country claiming it was unable to cope with the massive influx on its Aegean islands.

• 08 августа 2015, 13:46