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

• 01 июля 2015, 11:35

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

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said that Greece can still return to negotiations with its international creditors to avert a default and possible exit from the euro.

• 30 июня 2015, 14:16

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

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

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

Greece will hold a referendum on July 5 on the outcome of negotiations with its international creditors taking place in Brussels.

• 27 июня 2015, 15:35

The Greek parliament voted in favour of a law to grant citizenship to immigrants' children who were born and raised in Greece, an issue unresolved for generations.

• 25 июня 2015, 12:14

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

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

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

Greece does not want any more help from the IMF, minister of state Nikos Pappas said on the eve of a summit.

• 22 июня 2015, 11:33

The International Monetary Fund, deadlocked with Greece over further financial aid, approved a new loan installment for Cyprus.

• 20 июня 2015, 15:13

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker voiced frustration with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a media report amid the deepening debt crisis.

• 20 июня 2015, 11:24

A Greek exit from the eurozone would be the beginning of the end of the single currency, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was quoted.

• 19 июня 2015, 14:58

IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned that a resolution to five months of tortuous debt talks with Greece required "adults in the room" in an apparent sideswipe at Greek officials.

• 19 июня 2015, 12:31

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, their first contact on the stand-off over a bailout deal since last week.

• 18 июня 2015, 11:23