Greek PM Tsipras prevails over rebels at party meeting

Last Updated: Friday, July 31, 2015, 08:47

Dissenters had sought a conference earlier, pressing the government to abandon ongoing negotiations with rescue lenders.

Greece expects debt reduction after November: PM

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 17:44

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.

Greek bourse to reopen Wednesday or Thursday after ECB approval

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 23:24

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.

Creditor audit chiefs head to Greece to oversee bailout

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 20:08

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.

Greek creditors seek third wave of reforms before loan

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 00:01

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.

Greek PM Tsipras under pressure over covert Syriza drachma plan reports

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 08:26

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.

IMF confirms receiving Greek request for new loan

Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 09:14

The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it had received a letter from Greece seeking a loan facility.

Greece loosens capital restrictions on businesses

Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015, 19:36

Greece started loosening restrictions on foreign transfers by businesses on Friday, unblocking imports held up after the country introduced capital controls last month.

Creditors to start talks after Greece passes bailout bill

Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2015, 21:16

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.

IMF expects `difficult` discussions on new Greek bailout

Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2015, 20:50

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.

Greece creditors `satisfied` with new reform vote

Last Updated: Thursday, July 23, 2015, 19:52

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.