Greek Financial 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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  Alexis Tsipras Dominates Greek Politics Despite Crisis and U-Turn

  Alexis Tsipras has presided over a near-death experience for the Greek financial system and performed a U-turn on resisting austerity. And yet the prime minister bestrides his nation's politics, with no serious challenger in sight.

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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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  Greek Banks Shut Until July 6, ATM Withdrawal Limit 60 Euros a Day: Government

  Greek banks will remain closed until July 6 - the day after a referendum on bailout proposals - and ATM withdrawals will be limited to 60 euros ($65) a day in the same period, according to an official decree published early Monday.

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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.

• Greek pledges to meet fiscal targets amid protests

  Greece will meet ambitious savings targets despite a deepening recession this year, the prime minister said on Saturday, to secure the continued flow of international rescue loans that are protecting the debt-crippled country from a catastrophic bankruptcy.