European Union leaders, advised by senior officials to prepare contingency plans in case Greece decides to quit the single currency, urged the country to stay the course on austerity and complete the

Andreas and Emilia Karabalis, who are both 80, feared their bank in Greece would collapse, so they withdrew their 80,000 euros savings and stashed it at home for safety.

Days later, the thieves came

A pledge by leaders of industrialised nations to help the troubled world economy is unlikely to herald quick new action by Europe on its debt crisis, meaning more uncertainty for nervous financial mar

World leaders backed keeping Greece in the eurozone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalising a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe'

Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a stable Greek government to be formed quickly after new elections in a telephone call with President Carolos Papoulias on Friday, a German government spokesman sai

Political leaders in Greece need to show the resolve to stay in the eurozone, which will require Athens to stick to the terms of its rescue package, International Monetary Fund managing director Chris

Attempts to form a government in Greece collapsed on Tuesday, jolting financial markets at the prospect that leftists opposed to the terms of an EU bailout could sweep to victory in a June election an

As Greece headed for a fresh election after the last attempt to form a government failed in Athens, new French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced their support

Greece will go to the polls for the second time in less than two months on June 17, the country's state-run news agency said on Wednesday, as fears grew of more instability over the country's eurozone

Greece's president called Monday for talks on a technocrat government, seeking to resolve the crisis over a tough EU-IMF debt bailout which risks forcing the country into new elections and out of the