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Greek banks will remain closed until Monday, the finance ministry said as the government raced to come up with a new proposal to present to creditors in a last-minute drive to avert a eurozone exit.

• 09 июля 2015, 12:03

Greece's economic turbulence is dominating political debate in Spain ahead of a year-end general election, with the ruling conservatives pointing to Syriza's difficulties to discredit its Spanish ally Podemos.

• 08 июля 2015, 14:12

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

France can't take the risk of Greece leaving the eurozone, which would have an effect across the globe, the prime minister said on Tuesday.

• 07 июля 2015, 13:40

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said that the global crisis lender would assist Greece if asked, a day after Greek voters rejected a prior bailout plan.

• 07 июля 2015, 11:35

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

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived for a meeting with French President Francois Hollande to take stock of Greece's resounding rejection of its international creditor's bailout proposals in a referendum.

• 07 июля 2015, 10:48

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

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

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

Kazakh experts have shared their opinions about the effect of the Greek debt crisis on Kazakhstan’s economy.

• 03 июля 2015, 21:30

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