Missing from the Greek deal: figures
Instead of “we were kicked out”, it would be sold as “we escaped” – and I think however positively today’s deal is spun, the push for Grexit will grow stronger as constraints become obvious.
Instead of “we were kicked out”, it would be sold as “we escaped” – and I think however positively today’s deal is spun, the push for Grexit will grow stronger as constraints become obvious.
Eurozone finance ministers approve reform proposals by Greece – including measures to combat tax evasion and fuel smuggling – in support of its application for a four-month extension of its bailout.
Greece and European finance ministers have moved a step closer towards agreeing a deal on extending the country’s bailout, potentially staving off a financial crisis in the eurozone.
Documents leaked to me last night shed new light, but not total clarity, on the dramatic breakdown of talks in Brussels over a new Greek bailout deal.
With Vladimir Putin meeting Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande in Moscow to discuss the Ukraine conflict, what is driving the Russian president, what is he seeking, and will he get it?
The European Central Bank abruptly cancels its acceptance of Greek bonds in a bid to isolate the country until it strikes a new reform deal.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says Greece and Britain are determined to put an end to the “extended pretence cycle which has rendered Greece a festering wound on the side of the eurozone”.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis tells Channel 4 News that “you will see in the next few hours, days the whole of Europe is going to bind together and do its job”.
Being asked about Greece was a tricky wicket for the Labour leader today. But the contrast with the blatant opportunism and attack mode of the Tories is striking.
The far left Syriza party wins 149 seats out of 300 in the Greek parliament. What this means is that the EU/IMF strategy for dealing with the aftermath of the 2008 crisis is in tatters.
In the cold light of day – the morning after the night before – are Greek voters thinking more soberly about what the future now holds? Jon Snow speaks to people on the streets of Athens to find out.
The far left party Syriza won the Greek elections after telling voters much of the country’s debt would be written off. How likely is this?
Their leaders are in prison, but after an election Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is now the country’s third biggest party. Experts tell Channel 4 News how it could grow further.
In a special report, Yanis Varoufakis, tipped to be Syriza’s new finance minister, argued that Greeks were being unfairly penalised during the crisis. But how badly were Greeks affected?
Holocaust survivor Leslie Kleinman, 89, tells Channel 4 News that after 60 years of silence, he decided to speak out about time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.