Eurozone Leaders

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  Eurozone Given 2 Weeks To Find Coronavirus Response

  EU leaders on Thursday gave eurozone finance ministers a fortnight to come up with a stronger response to the economic havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Alexis Tsipras Fights for Second Chance as Knife-Edge Greek Polls Open

  Greece's maverick leader Alexis Tsipras was on Sunday fighting for a second chance to govern the struggling eurozone nation in a tense election with rival conservatives that is proving too close to call.

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  Greece's Alexis Tsipras 'Confident' of Meeting Debt Deal Deadline

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said today he was confident of meeting an end-of-the-week deadline set by eurozone leaders to reach a bailout deal or risk leaving the euro.

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  White House Calls on Greece, European Union to Find Compromise

  The White House urged Greece and EU leaders Monday to find a compromise to keep the cash-strapped country in the eurozone, after Greeks voted resoundingly to reject an austerity-based bailout.

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  What Next for Greece? A Timeline

  Leaders from Greece and other eurozone countries are looking to see if there is a way to resolve the struggling country's ongoing debt crisis, following a resounding rejection by Greeks of the latest bailout conditions.

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  Emergency Eurozone Summit on Greece on Tuesday

  Eurozone nations will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday to discuss the Greek referendum "No" result after the German and French leaders called for a meeting, EU president Donald Tusk said.

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  Europe Closes in on Greece Debt Deal

  Eurozone leaders said they hoped to finally seal a Greek bailout deal this week to save Athens from default and a possible exit from the euro, but Germany warned that more hard work was needed.

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  Greece's Alexis Tsipras: Ball in European Union's court

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Monday it was now up to European authorities to find a debt deal to save Athens from default, after the government submitted a reform plan to Brussels.

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  Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Cancels Council of Europe Address Due to Summit

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has cancelled a planned address to the Council of Europe, the Strasbourg-based body said today as eurozone leaders were set to hold an emergency summit on a deal deal for cash-strapped Athens.

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  Greek Prime Minister Easily Wins Confidence Vote

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras comfortably won a confidence vote on his plan to cancel a deeply unpopular bailout programme and challenge European leaders as both sides prepare for a showdown at meetings in Brussels this week.

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  Different Delivery, One Message to Greece from European Leaders

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will head to his first European summit on Thursday duly warned that it will be near impossible, as Athens wants, to rip up pledges made during the country's four-year international bailout.

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  Alexis Tsipras Sworn In As Greek Prime Minister

  Greek left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on Monday as the Prime Minister of a new hardline, anti-bailout government determined to face down international lenders and end nearly five years of tough economic measures. Greek left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on Monday as the Prime Minister of a new hardline, anti-bailout governmen...

• Showdown looms in Italy's long political drama

  Italy's political leaders finally face a week of reckoning after nearly two months of disarray caused by a general election that left no clear winner but showed anger against austerity and corruption in the eurozone's third largest economy.

• Obama, Manmohan may meet at G-20 Summit

  The possibility of a pullaside meeting between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the G-20 Summit in Mexico is not being ruled out, days after the two leaders agreed to work together to address the faltering global economy and the painful Eurozone crisis.

• G-20 summit: India likely to ask Europe to come up with quick solutions

  As G-20 leaders meet in the shadow of an ailing global economy and lingering Eurozone crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to ask the European partners to come up with swifter solutions so that the economic growth of emerging markets like India is not trapped under its adverse impact.