Greece's stock market to reopen today after five-week shutdown
Greece's stock market will reopen on Monday after a five-week shutdown caused by capital controls, but local investors will face restrictions aimed at stemming capital flight.
Aug 03, 2015, 06:04 AM IST
Greek bailout talks with auditors begin
Senior EU-IMF auditors has held their first meetings with Greek ministers to finalise a new three-year bailout as the Athens stock market prepares to reopen after being shut down for over a month by the debt crisis.
Aug 01, 2015, 13:17 PM IST
Greek bailout talks shift into higher gear
Greece's talks with its international creditors on a third bailout worth 85 billion euros (USD 93 billion) shifted into a higher gear on Friday, with lead negotiators from the European Union and International Monetary Fund meeting key ministers in Athens.
Jul 31, 2015, 18:28 PM IST
Greek PM defends Varoufakis over Grexit 'defence plan'
"Of course, I personally gave the order to prepare a team to prepare a defence plan in case of emergency," Tsipras told parliament. without elaborating.
Jul 31, 2015, 16:13 PM IST
Greek PM Tsipras prevails over rebels at party meeting
Dissenters had sought a conference earlier, pressing the government to abandon ongoing negotiations with rescue lenders.
Jul 31, 2015, 08:47 AM IST
Greece expects debt reduction after November: PM
Greece expects debt reduction from its international creditors after a first assessment of reforms under its new bailout obligations concludes in November, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday.
Jul 29, 2015, 17:44 PM IST
Greek bourse to reopen Wednesday or Thursday after ECB approval
The Greek stock market will reopen on Wednesday or Thursday after a month-long shutdown but with restrictions on trading by local investors at the request of the European Central Bank, the Greek securities regulator chairman told Reuters on Tuesday.
Jul 28, 2015, 23:24 PM IST
Creditor audit chiefs head to Greece to oversee bailout
The head representatives of Greece's international creditors will return to Athens for the first time in nearly a year to oversee work on the country's new bailout, a finance ministry source said today.
Jul 28, 2015, 20:08 PM IST
Greek creditors seek third wave of reforms before loan
International creditors want Greece to enact a third wave of politically sensitive reforms before they will release any money to keep the near bankrupt country afloat under a third bailout they began negotiating on Monday.
Jul 28, 2015, 00:01 AM IST
Greek PM Tsipras under pressure over covert Syriza drachma plan reports
The reports came at the end of a week of fevered speculation over what Syriza hardliners had in mind as an alternative to the tough bailout terms that Tsipras reluctantly accepted to keep Greece in the euro.
Jul 27, 2015, 08:26 AM IST
Greece bailout talks to start on Monday
Meetings with officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had been expected to begin on Friday, were delayed by logistical issues, including the location of talks and security.
Jul 26, 2015, 17:06 PM IST
Greece bailout talks to start on Monday
Meetings with officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had been expected to begin on Friday, were delayed by logistical issues, including the location of talks and security.
Jul 26, 2015, 17:06 PM IST
IMF confirms receiving Greek request for new loan
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it had received a letter from Greece seeking a loan facility.
Jul 25, 2015, 09:14 AM IST
EU-IMF team due in Athens `in coming days`
Representatives from Greece`s international creditors are due in Athens in the coming days, the European Commission said, with sources saying logistical issues had pushed back an expected arrival date of Friday.
Jul 24, 2015, 23:34 PM IST
Greece loosens capital restrictions on businesses
Greece started loosening restrictions on foreign transfers by businesses on Friday, unblocking imports held up after the country introduced capital controls last month.
Jul 24, 2015, 19:36 PM IST
Creditors to start talks after Greece passes bailout bill
Greece's creditors will head to Athens shortly to open talks on a huge new international bailout, the government said today, as parliament approved a second batch of reforms needed for negotiations to go ahead.
Jul 23, 2015, 21:16 PM IST
IMF expects `difficult` discussions on new Greek bailout
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that talks soon to open on a third EU-IMF huge bailout for the Greek economy will not be easy.
Jul 23, 2015, 20:50 PM IST
Greece creditors `satisfied` with new reform vote
Greece`s international creditors are satisfied with the Greek parliament`s adoption Thursday of a second batch of reforms needed to unlock another bailout for the cash-strapped country, an EU official said.
Jul 23, 2015, 19:52 PM IST
Greece passes second crucial bailout bill
Greece`s parliament on Thursday approved a second batch of reforms needed to help unlock a huge international bailout for the stricken economy.
Jul 23, 2015, 18:40 PM IST
On reform, Europe asks Greece to go where many fear to tread
"Francois Hollande is very good at telling others how to do their reforms," opposition French conservative Xavier Bertrand said in a dig at France`s Socialist leader, a key broker in the Greek accord clinched on July 13 after all-night Brussels talks.
Jul 23, 2015, 12:13 PM IST
