Greek government-debt crisis
Ignoring Greeks' plight will fuel far right, warns Sinn Fein's Adams
By Padraic Halpin & Conor Humphries
DUBLIN - Europe and the "undemocratic" European Central Bank risk fueling the growth of right-wing parties across the continent if they ignore the will of the Greek people, Gerry Adams, leader of Ireland's leftist Sinn Fein said on Thursday.
'Time to turn the page for Greece and Europe,' Greek PM tells party MPs
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday it was time for both Greece and Europe to "turn the page" on austerity, telling members of his hard-left SYRIZA party that "fear is over."
Greece needs Germany to combat neo-Nazis, Varoufakis says
Greece needs Germany to help it counter the rise of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, now the country's third-biggest political force, Athens' new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Thursday.
"Germany must be proud of the fact that Nazism has been eradicated here," Varoufakis told a joint news conference after meeting with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble.
Tsipras: We’re a sovereign country, we’ll do what we promise
New Greek PM Alexis Tsipras addressed his party’s Parliament group (149 MPs) on Thursday in his first public appearance after a whirlwind “fence-mending” tour of Europe this week.
Tsipras paid lightning visits to Cyprus, France, Italy and Brussels.
Varoufakis fails to narrow divide with Schaeuble over austerity
By Rainer Buergin, Birgit Jennen & Brian Parkin
The first direct talks between Greece and Germany since a new anti-bailout government took power in Athens last week yielded no agreement on how to narrow their differences.
Schaeuble 'agrees to disagree' in first talks with Varoufakis
By Nikos Chrysoloras & Rainer Buergin
The first direct talks between Greece and Germany since a new anti-bailout government took power in Athens last week yielded no agreement on how to narrow their differences.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he and his Greek counterpart, Yanis Varoufakis, ?agreed to disagree? in their Berlin meeting.
One way Greece can keep its banks alive: impose capital controls
By Yalman Onaran
An outflow of deposits from Greek banks will put pressure on the government to limit how much money people can withdraw or transfer outside the country as European Union nations lose patience with providing a lifeline.
Greek banks hammered after ECB snub, Athens rejects 'blackmail'
By George Georgiopoulos & John O'Donnell
Greek borrowing costs leapt and bank shares were hammered on Thursday after the European Central Bank abruptly pulled the plug on its funding for the country's financial sector in what Athens labelled an act of coercion.
Yanis Varoufakis meeting with Wolfgang Schäuble underway
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Peristera Batziana, better known as "Betty", the longtime companion of Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and the mother of his two young sons, has recently drawn the limelight on herself, following Tsipras' election victory. More favorable - and highly exaggerated - coverage has even gone as far as to describe her as Tsipras' Eleanor Roosevelt or Greece's Evita.