Greek crisis deepens with no breakthrough in coalition talks
Greek political party leaders emerged late Sunday from emergency cabinet talks with no breakthrough in sight, raising the prospect of new elections that could scupper reforms and force the country out
Greece faces fresh poll threat as coalition talks flounder
Greece on Monday faced the prospect of fresh polls after political parties failed to narrow divisions over a painful EU-IMF bailout deal, with few expecting progress at talks to form a government.
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Greek President makes last push to avert elections
Greece's president will meet party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to cobble together a coalition and avert a repeat election, but the veteran politician's effort looked set to fail because of deep s
Greek Socialist fails to form government, vote beckons
Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos on Saturday becomes the last political leader to throw in the towel after failing to cobble together a government, leaving the country's president with one f
Coalition hopes in doubt as Greek parties meet
Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos meets conservative Antonis Samaras on Friday in a possibly doomed attempt to form a government and avoid a repeat election, while EU leaders are warning that
Greece votes as anxious eurozone looks on
Greeks voted on Sunday in a tough-to-predict general election that threatened to turn the crisis-hit country's old political system on its head and bring eurozone turmoil back with a vengeance.
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Heavy losses for Greek pro-austerity parties: Exit polls
Greece's two main pro-austerity parties suffered major losses in elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, throwing into doubt the eurozone country's commitment to meeting the tough terms of its two bai
Greek parliament ratifies multi-billion bailout
The Greek parliament formally ratified early on Wednesday a second eurozone bailout scheme worth up to 130 billion euros ($170 billion) to save it from defaulting on its national debts.
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IMF approves $36 billion funding for Greece
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will allocate 28 billion euro (over $36 billion) to support Greece's economic programme over the next four years, the IMF has said.
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Greece averts immediate default, markets sceptical
Greece averted the immediate threat of an uncontrolled default on Friday when a sufficient number of private creditors agreed on a bond swap deal that will cut the country's public debt and clear the