Merkel girds for right-wing revolt in Greece bailout vote

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 11:17

Approval of the latest 86 billion euro ($95 billion) emergency rescue plan for Athens is seen as assured given the 504 seats Merkel`s left-right "grand coalition" holds in the 631-seat Bundestag lower house.

Greek banks reopen as Tsipras eyes return to normal

Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015, 11:28

Queues formed outside bank branches in central Athens as people waited to take care of business frozen during the three week-long bank holiday.

Greek compromise proposed after Tsipras, Hollande,Merkel talks

Last Updated: Monday, July 13, 2015, 12:32

The leaders of Greece, Germany, France and the EU proposed a "compromise" on a bailout deal for Athens at late-night talks which will now be put to the rest of the eurozone, a European source said early on Monday.

Greek PM calls Obama to discuss debt crisis

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 11:19

Obama reiterated that it is in everyone's interest that Greece and its creditors reach a mutually-acceptable agreement, the statement said.

`Door open to discussions` on Greece: Hollande, Merkel

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 02:22

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the door was open for a return to debt negotiations with Greece, but called on Athens to make "serious" proposals.

Tsipras, Merkel, Hollande met in Brussels: Source

Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015, 15:30

The meeting, confirmed by a Greek government source, was aimed at resolving tensions between Athens and its international creditors, as negotiators race to avoid a potentially disastrous Greek default and euro exit.

Greece says ready to compromise, calls for Merkel decision

Last Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 23:29

Tsipras, who has never hidden his desire that an eventual accord be hashed out between political leaders rather than by negotiating teams of technical advisers will find his European peers waiting expectantly for breakthrough proposals at Monday`s emergency summit.

Greece`s Varoufakis wants `clear decision` from Merkel at summit

Last Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 22:10

Greece`s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said German Chancellor Angela Merkel must make a clear decision at a eurozone summit Monday on whether to negotiate a rescue deal with Athens or heed populist calls to jettison the debt-wracked country.

Merkel says Greek deal still possible if Athens shows the will

Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 16:38

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday a deal between Greece and its creditors was still possible if Athens showed the necessary will, amid mounting pessimism that the austerity-hit country might crash out of the euro zone.

Merkel says strong euro hurts fruits of reforms

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 17:17

In the global economy, "a very strong" euro would make it difficult for countries such as Spain and Portugal, which adopted significant reforms during the economic crisis, to "harvest the fruits of those reforms, in exports, for example," Merkel told a congress for family-run businesses in Berlin.

Germany drops probe into alleged US tapping of Merkel cellphone

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 16:12

"The Chief Federal Prosecutor has closed the investigation over suspected spying on a mobile phone used by the chancellor by US intelligence services ... because the allegation cannot be proven in a legally sound way under criminal law," it said in a statement.

Greece talks of compromise as Merkel warns time is short

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 10:43

Three days after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his parliament the latest proposal from the EU and IMF was "absurd", the Greek government said it was ready to negotiate a settlement acceptable to both sides by the end of this month - when Greece`s bailout programme expires and it faces the prospect of default on its debts.