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Tsipras insists on referendum, ‘no’ vote… but he’ll return to talks for solution!

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday repeated his call for a “no” vote in Sunday’s hastily called referendum over creditors’ proposals, as he again took to the airwaves for a third time since shocking European partners with the snap plebiscite.

'Frustrated' Ireland urges Greeks to keep negotiating

The Irish government on Monday urged Greece to follow its example and keep working with its international creditors on averting a default and possible exit from the euro.

Deputy finance minister Simon Harris said he was "frustrated" by the hard-left Greek government's refusal to accept proposed reforms because it was elected earlier this year on an anti-austerity ticket.

50 shades of Greek crisis: From 'debt slavery' to promised …salvation! (photos)

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens in “A Tale of Two Cities” and this quote may well apply to Athens right now, as two worlds are on a collision course:

Yes vs. No, Greece vs. Creditors but NOT Drachma vs. Euro (though it could be!) 

Merklande herds the Grexit, but Madame Frexit is being difficult

The euro debt crisis has spawned its own vocabulary. Right at the outset we had the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) being herded by Merkozy. Then came Merlande or Merkellande (dubbed for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Fraancois Hollande)… But what will come after the Grexit?

It's 'Armageddon' was how one govt source described IMF counter-proposal

“It’s not a (counter) proposal, it’s Armageddon; they sent it to us at 5 in the morning”, was the response by a high-ranking but unnamed Greek government spokesman to reported demands for a higher (23 percent) VAT rate on most goods as a well as an end to practically all early retirement schemes in the country.

Tsipras: Creditors 'Did Not Accept' Debt Deal Proposals

Greek PM Alexis said on Wednesday some of the international lenders have not accepted the latest package of reform proposals to which unlocking aid for the country is tied.

"The insistence of certain institutions of not accepting parametric measures has never happened before -- not in Ireland, nor in Portugal," he wrote on Twitter prior to his meeting with creditors in Brussels.

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