Greek economy grew by 0.9% in Q2

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015, 15:48

Greece`s economy grew by 0.9 percent in the second quarter, official date showed Friday, improving on the 0.8 percent figure reported in a flash estimate earlier in August.

Greek privatisations to go ahead: outgoing economy minister

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 21:39

"The agreed arrangements have been agreed and will be applied," Georges Stathakis told reporters in answer to a question on the planned privatisation of Piraeus port, the national railway company and a string of other ports and airports.

Greek economy grew 0.8% in Q2, averted recession in Q1

Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015, 19:01

The figures showed second quarter growth up 1.4 per cent compared to the same period the previous year.

Greece will tumble back into deep recession in 2015: EU

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 18:30

The Greek economy, which crawled out of a six-year recession only in 2014, will shrink 2.3 percent in 2015 and another 1.3 percent in 2016, the sources said.

Greece's third bailout agreed 'in principle'

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 19:50

"What we don't have is a political agreement," said Commission spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt, hours after Athens suggested that the deal was all but done.

''Greek economy to be one third smaller than at peak level''

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 23:19

A leading economic think tank on Wednesday forecast that Greece`s GDP will shrink this year by three percent and 2.3 percent next year. Thus it will eventually be nearly a third smaller than it was at its peak.

Greek stocks plunge 22% as bourse reopens

Last Updated: Monday, August 3, 2015, 13:30

The country`s main banks took a heavy blow at the opening with drops of around 30 percent.

Greeks brace for stock market carnage after five-week shutdown

Last Updated: Monday, August 3, 2015, 09:31

Trading on the Athens bourse was suspended in late June as part of capital controls imposed to stem a debilitating outflow of euros that threatened to collapse Greece`s banks and hurl the indebted country out of the euro zone.

Greece bailout talks to start on Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, July 26, 2015, 17:06

Meetings with officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had been expected to begin on Friday, were delayed by logistical issues, including the location of talks and security.

Greece bailout talks to start on Monday

Last Updated: Sunday, July 26, 2015, 17:06

Meetings with officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had been expected to begin on Friday, were delayed by logistical issues, including the location of talks and security.

Greece to vote on second bailout bill in test for Tsipras

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 11:26

Greek lawmakers are on Wednesday set to vote on a second batch of reforms that must pass if Athens is to receive its third huge international bailout, in a key test of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras` authority.

More than half of Germans think planned Greek deal is bad: Poll

Last Updated: Sunday, July 19, 2015, 09:09

Lawmakers in Germany, the biggest contributor to euro zone bailouts, on Friday gave their go-ahead for the currency bloc to negotiate a third bailout for Greece that could total 86 billion euros ($93 billion) over three years.