Greece Financial Crisis

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  EU Fiscal Oversight Of Greece Ends After 12 Years

  Greece on Saturday concluded 12 years of European Union fiscal surveillance that was imposed in return for bailouts after a crushing debt crisis.

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  Young Greek Women Selling Sex For The Price of a Sandwich, New Study Shows

  Young Greek women are selling sex for the price of a sandwich as six years of painful austerity has pushed the European country to the financial brink, a new study showed Friday.

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  Greece Likely to Meet Deadline for Bank Money Release: Euro Zone Officials

  Greece is likely to qualify for recapitalisation funds for its banks by a Nov. 15 deadline because the payment depends mainly on financial sector reforms that it can implement by then, euro zone officials said on Friday.

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  International Monetary Fund Calls for Greece Debt Relief Ahead of Bailout Vote

  An International Monetary Fund study published on Tuesday showed that Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to contemplate so far, as fractious parties in Athens prepared to vote on a sweeping austerity package demanded by their lenders.

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  Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Asks Parliament to Approve Reforms as 'National Responsibility'

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked parliament early Saturday to approve his reform proposals to creditors as a "national responsibility" that would keep the struggling nation inside the European Union.

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  Greek Prime Minister Tsipras Seeks Party Backing After Abrupt Concessions

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to his party's lawmakers on Friday to back a tough reforms package after abruptly offering last-minute concessions to try to save the country from financial meltdown.

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  Key Dates in the Greek Debt Crisis

  Greeks vote in a closely-watched bailout referendum that has divided the nation and could determine its financial future as well as that of the government.

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  Tourists Urged to Take Cash if Visiting Stricken Greece

  Tourists heading for Greece were urged to take enough cash with them to last their entire stay as Athens announced banks would be closed Monday in a deepening financial crisis.

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  Greece Crisis Looms Over G7 Summit in Germany

  Greece's financial woes were set to dominate a G7 summit in Germany today, amid fears the debt-wracked country could crash out of the euro and rock the world economy.

• International Monetary Fund Urges Greece to Maintain Financial Lifeline

  The International Monetary Fund urged Greece on Thursday to maintain a financial lifeline with the crisis lender even as it nears exiting the $300 billion IMF-EU-European Central Bank bailout program.

• Greece 'beginning to stabilize': rescue lenders

  Greece's rescue creditors say the country's economy is 'beginning to stabilize,' a day after reaching a key agreement to resume bailout loan payments.

• General strike shuts down services across Greece

  Public and many private services have shut down across Greece as unions hold a 24-hour general strike to protest further austerity cuts in the recession-plagued country.

• Greece back in crisis mode on state TV shutdown, downgrade

  Greece's fragile government faced an internal revolt and fierce public protest on Wednesday over the sudden closure of state broadcaster ERT, hours after the humiliation of seeing its bourse downgraded to emerging market status.

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  Cash-strapped Greece team travel 17 hours by bus

  Greece's financial crisis has forced cash-strapped teams to be more conservative when travelling with top flight club Veria making an 800km trip by bus to play their weekend away match.

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  Greeks make London push despite crisis

  Greek Olympic chiefs insist that the country's financial crisis will not lead to a slimmed-down team being sent to the London Olympics.