Putin: Russian pipeline project to help Greece pay its debt
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin said after Friday's talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that a prospective Russian natural gas pipeline should help Greece service...
View ArticleGame of chicken over Greece risks slipping out of control
FRANKFURT, Germany - OK, guys. You can swerve now.
View ArticleA shield against poverty, pensions are Greece's top priority
ATHENS, Greece - Looking tired and leaning on his cane, Fotis Theodorakopoulos watched quietly as other demonstrators gathered to discuss Greece's financial drama and chant defiant slogans outside the...
View ArticleMeet the protagonists in the Greek bailout drama
BRUSSELS - Even if the policy talk can be deadening, the main protagonists in the Greek bailout drama have brought their big, sometimes oversized, personalities to the negotiating table.
View ArticleMerkel faces Greek challenge with strong political capital
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has emerged undamaged from the global financial crisis, European bailouts, an astonishing U-turn on nuclear power and the crisis over Ukraine.
View ArticleThe next act: what happens now in Greece's drama
FRANKFURT, Germany - Greece has entered the twilight zone.
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Crunch time in Greece as bailout due to expire, IMF loan due with no deal in sight
View ArticleThe Latest: Protesters loot supermarket in Athens suburb
ATHENS, Greece - The latest news on Greece's financial woes and its upcoming referendum on Sunday (all times local):
View ArticleAnalysts: Greek government's post-referendum future unsure
ATHENS, Greece - Whether Greeks decide in Sunday's referendum to accept their lenders' bailout deal or reject it, the government's hold on power may be shakier than its brash prime minister has...
View Article2 choices, many possible results for Greece's landmark vote
LONDON - The Greek people are voting on a future in which they face two painful prospects: the slow grind of years more of austerity cuts or the country's potentially catastrophic exit from the...
View ArticleWhat's next, as Greece stumbles toward euro exit
FRANKFURT, Germany - Greece is at the last chance saloon, thirsty and out of credit. Next stop could be the badlands of euro exit.
View ArticleGreece's Tsipras short on allies as he tries to avoid ruin
BERLIN - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has stretched his EU partners' patience to the limit with months of missteps and contradictory moves and now, having just four days to save his country from...
View ArticleMerkel walking line between German voters, European image
BERLIN - As Athens staggers toward what may be its final deadline, German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces one of the toughest decisions of her 10-year tenure: sacrifice political credibility at home by...
View ArticleWhat next? More twists and turns ahead for Greece
FRANKFURT, Germany - Greece's bailout deal isn't a deal - yet.
View ArticlePortugal's prime minister cites Greece as warning for voters
LISBON, Portugal - Portugal's prime minister is pointing to Greece's troubles as he seeks to persuade voters to re-elect his center-right coalition government and reject anti-austerity proposals from...
View ArticleThe Latest: European Union to give Greece short-term loan
ATHENS, Greece - The latest on Greece's financial crisis (all times local):
View ArticleEuropean Central Bank raises support for Greek banks
FRANKFURT, Germany - European Central Bank head Mario Draghi delivered financial and moral support for embattled Greece on Thursday, saying that emergency credit to Greek banks will be increased - a...
View ArticleOn the brink, EU leaders clinched bailout deal - with an SMS
BRUSSELS - As dawn broke in Brussels on Monday, Europe's frazzled leaders gazed into an abyss: the looming exit of Greece from a common currency that symbolized European unity.
View ArticleMerkel urges German Parliament to back Greek talks
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel is asking German lawmakers to clear the way for negotiations on a new, third bailout package for Greece, arguing that it would be negligent not to try for a deal.
View ArticleMixed German messages on Greece serve a purpose
BERLIN - German government officials have appeared to send mixed messages about their desire for Greece to keep using the euro - and that's just the way they want it.
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