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German Vice Chancellor: New talks hard after ‘No’ vote

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister, Sigmar Gabriel made it clear speaking to German Tagesspiegel daily that it would be hard to imagine talks on an new bailout plan after the Greeks had rejected the bailout terms in a referendum.

Greeks Reject Creditors' Bailout Terms in Referendum - Partial Results

Partial results from Sunday's referendum in Greece indicate voters have rejected the terms of a bailout-for-reforms deal proposed by the country's international creditors.

With over 30% of the votes counted, rejection of the bailout terms by a 'No' vote stood at 60%, while 40% had voted 'Yes' to accept the agreement put forward by creditors on 25 June.

Govt: Greek central bank to request liquidity injection from ECB

Greece’s central bank on Sunday is expected to request that the European Central Bank raise the ceiling on the Emergency Liquidity Assistance funds for battered Greek banks.

Varoufakis: Today’s no a big ‘yes’ to real reforms

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis made a statement to the media concerning the landslide victory for ‘no’ in the referendum supporting the rejection of creditors reforms on Sunday.

'No' Leads in Greece's Bailout Referendum with 15% of Votes Reported

With 14.59% of votes reported, the 'No' camp in Greece's bailout referendum on Sunday led at 60.24%, according to official partial national results.

'No' Vote Appears to Be Leading in Greek Referendum After Voting Ends - Polls

The 'No' vote appears to be leading in Greece's bailout referendum by a small margin, according to final opinion polls released after voting ended on 7 p.m. on Sunday, newswires reported.

Separate opinion polls conducted by GPO, Metron Analysis and MRB all put the outcome at a slim lead of three percentage points for the 'No' camp over the 'Yes' vote.

Two choices, many possible results for Greece's landmark vote

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 19-nation eurozone.

The question is whether their vote on Sunday can help them escape either.

Schulz: ‘No’ means Grexit for any future bailout deal

European Parliament President Martin Schulz, a German socialist, was quite clear in comments to German radio over the weekend: if a “no” vote wins out in Sunday’s referendum then Greece would have to adopt another currency in any cash-for-reforms deal.

Centrist party leader to Focus: ‘Tsipras must go’

Germany’s Focus magazine hosts statements by centrist party leader Stavros Theodorakis in its latest edition emphasizing that, in no uncertain terms that “Tsipras must go”.

Tsipras: Greeks Determined to Take Control of Their Own Destiny in Referendum

Greeks are determined to decide their own destiny in Sunday's bailout referendum, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said after casting his ballot in Athens.

"No one can ignore the will of the people to live, to live with determination, to take its destiny into its own hands," Tsipras said, according to AFP.

Pol leaders vote in Greek referendum

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos voted in the upscale Psychiko district in north-central Athens considered the “diplomatic row” in the Greek capital.

Pavlopoulos, an attorney and veteran politician and minister from the conservative New Democracy party, urged unity in the country regardless of the referendum result.

FinMin says radical left govt has …stockpiled supplies for ‘siege’

“We’re at war!” was the way right-wing Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, the leader of the junior coalition partner in league with Greece’s radical leftists, described the expulsion of a deputy from his party last week who said he’ll vote for “yes” in Sunday’s election.