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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.

Eurozone refuses Greek bailout extension, more talks Wednesday
Merkel says won't discuss new Greek request before referendum

Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany won't enter into new aid negotiations with Athens before Greece's weekend referendum.

Merkel says won't discuss new Greek request before referendum
Greek default poses new challenge to IMF credibility

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.

Greek default poses new challenge to IMF credibility
Ireland says door remains open for Greece debt talks

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.

Ireland says door remains open for Greece debt talks
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. ©REUTERS
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.

Moscow hopes Brussels will avoid 'negative scenarios' over Greece: Lavrov
'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.

'Black Monday' in Greece as panic simmers
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.

EU to make latest proposals on Greek crisis on Monday: Moscovici
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.

Italy does not fear Greek contagion: finance minister
Greece calls emergency financial council meeting

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.

Greece calls emergency financial council meeting
Greek PM calls referendum on bailout for July 5

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

Greek PM calls referendum on bailout for July 5
Greece votes to grant citizenship to immigrants' children

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.

Greece votes to grant citizenship to immigrants' children
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.

Greece in 'final stretch' of talks: Varoufakis
'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.

'Still a lot do on Greece': French PM
New Eurogroup meeting on Greece Wednesday: EU's Tusk

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.

New Eurogroup meeting on Greece Wednesday: EU's Tusk
Athens says Europe 'doesn't need IMF' on eve of crunch summit

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

Athens says Europe 'doesn't need IMF' on eve of crunch summit
Amid deadlock on Greece, IMF releases funds to Cyprus

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

Amid deadlock on Greece, IMF releases funds to Cyprus
Juncker says 'I don't understand Tsipras': report

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

Juncker says 'I don't understand Tsipras': report
Grexit 'beginning of the end of the eurozone': Greek PM

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

Grexit 'beginning of the end of the eurozone': Greek PM
IMF's Lagarde says Greece talks need 'adults in the room'

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.

IMF's Lagarde says Greece talks need 'adults in the room'
Greece's Tsipras calls Juncker, first time since last week: official

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.

Greece's Tsipras calls Juncker, first time since last week: official