Greece: a deal nobody believes in
While the proposal has caused outrage among the Greek conservatives and outrage among Syriza’s left-wing voters, the real problem is bigger.
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While the proposal has caused outrage among the Greek conservatives and outrage among Syriza’s left-wing voters, the real problem is bigger.
The US ambassador to France is called in to explain documents released by Wikileaks that show the US authorities were spying on French President Francois Hollande and two of his predecessors.
The level of pressure that’s being exerted on Syriza right now, I don’t think is enough to derail a deal from below.
As Europe’s leaders argue over the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, Paraic O’Brien travels with a family of Eritreans as it makes its way from Italy to Germany, encountering chaos on the way.
The country will divide: right versus left – as it has been divided since British tanks rolled into Syntagma Square in 1944 to install former Nazi collaborators into office.
Wellington defeated Napoleon in the battle of Waterloo 200 years ago today. The British celebrate it as a turning-point in European history – but how do the French now regard the event?
The Greek crisis ramped up a gear last night when, at the start of supposed “last chance” talks in Brussels, EU negotiators told the Greek delegation that “negotiations were over”.
Spurred on by recent allegations against Fifa, David Cameron will urge the G7 group of world leaders to target corruption in business and government around the world.
While Tsipras, Varoufakis and their negotiators have been trying to get the country’s debt reduced via the IMF and ECB, Zoe Konstantopoulou has been working to get it declared invalid.
Four Polish nationals have been arrested following the discovery of 68 suspected illegal immigrants on lorries at Harwich port in Essex.
There may be a technical get-out clause that allows Greece to wrap its four repayment dates to the IMF this month into one, but the IMF’s own assessment is correct: Greece can’t pay.
Nick Clegg is among 89 European Union politicians and other senior figures who have been banned from entering Russia, according to a confidential Russian “stop list”.
David Cameron begins his whistle-stop tour to meet European leaders, as he begins talks on the “substantive” changes he wants ahead of the UK’s referendum on EU membership.
Running short of cash to pay public sector salaries, pensions and debt obligations, Greece’s Syriza has laid out what it will and will not negotiate with its creditors, but will it be enough?
The surge in support for the radical left Podemos party in Spain’s regional elections is the latest manifestation of a spectre haunting Europe: the rise of the anti-austerity movement.