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Will a Greece default save the euro?
As it runs out of money, Greece holds crisis talks with the IMF and private banks, while a massive new bailout package to stabilise the eurozone is being considered.
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Greece grinds to a halt in austerity protest
Greece is facing travel lockdown as public transport, taxi and airport workers strike in protest against more austerity measures.
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Euro leaders seal Greece bailout deal
An emergency summit reaches a deal on a new bailout package for struggling Greece, rallying the markets and bringing the eurozone back from the economic brink.
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Why the eurozone crisis is a political crisis
As eurozone leaders convene for an emergency meeting in Brussels, we ask: is the eurozone in trouble because there is no single authority above sovereign state level capable of controlling the euro?
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Eurozone aims for unity on Greek debt
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have met ahead of the eurozone summit, in a bid to achieve agreement on how to deal with Greece’s debt crisis.
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British tourist stabbed to death on Greek island
A British man has been killed and four others have been injured after being attacked by two Greek taxi drivers on the island of Zakynthos.
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Greece tops Lagarde’s IMF agenda as vote looms
Newly appointed IMF managing director Christine Lagarde calls for “national unity” in Greece to push through austerity measures, ahead of a parliamentary vote.
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Greece passes austerity measures as riots erupt
With thousands of protesters packing the square outside the parliament building in Athens, Greek MPs pass a five-year austerity plan by 155 votes to 138.
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‘Three injured’ as Athens police clash with protesters
Unconfirmed reports says that three people have been injured in Athens during clashes between police and thousands of protesters demonstrating against austerity measures.
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Greece strikes in spending cuts protest
Police have responded with tear gas after demonstrators in Athens threw stones and bottles in protest against the terms of the latest Greek bailout.
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‘No British contribution to £120bn Greek bail-out’ – Cameron
Britain will not contribute to a 120 billion euro bailout for Greece, after Prime Minister David Cameron argued that only countries using the single currency should share the burden.
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EU leaders meet for crisis talks on Greece
Europe’s leaders are tonight locked in crisis talks to try and rescue Greece, as signs of a tentative deal with lending banks emerged that could help stave off bankruptcy.
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Greek PM Papandreou survives confidence vote
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has survived a confidence vote in parliament as he struggles to push through new austerity measures that would secure a new EU bailout.
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Greek default is ‘almost inevitable’
Ahead of a confidence vote in Greece’s government, which is battling to save the country’s economy, a leading economist tells Channel 4 News a Greek debt default is “almost inevitable”.
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Eurozone sets bailout deadline for Greece
Greece is given two weeks to approve stricter austerity measures which would ensure that it receives a further 12bn euros in bailout money from the eurozone and the IMF.