Lawyers

• Greece Requests For EU Summit Amid Fruitless Bailout Negotiations

  The Greek Prime Minister has requested the EU Council President for an EU leaders’ summit. However, his request has been overturned by the euro-zone President since Greece has failed to reach a bailout deal with its creditors till date. The organization chief cites the necessity for reaching an agreement prior to setting up a schedule for a summit of the European leaders.

• 'No' shapes Greek history, even when it's not the last word

  They defied a vast Persian army in 480 BC, rejected Italy's ultimatum during World War Two and told Europe to take a hike when presented with an unpalatable bailout deal in July, risking Greece's place in the euro zone.

• Outburst of compassion in Europe puts lid on far right -for now

  European far right parties have called refugees streaming into the region "terrorists", a "ticking time bomb", a Muslim "invasion" that will bankrupt nations and undermine the continent's Christian roots.

• Greek leftist Tsipras returns in unexpectedly decisive vote win

  Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office with an unexpectedly decisive election victory on Sunday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece's battered economy to recovery.

• Greek ship ferries hundreds more migrants to mainland

  A ship bringing about 1,800 migrants and refugees from an eastern Greek island to the port of Piraeus arrived on Tuesday night, the Greek coastguard said.

• Hammond: African migrant surge imperils EU social infrastructure

  A surge in migrants from Africa threatens the European Union's living standards and social infrastructure, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, saying the bloc was unable to take in millions of people seeking a new life.

• Greek PM Tspiras faces party revolt over bailout deal

  Greece's leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces a showdown with rebels in his own party on Tuesday furious at his capitulation to German demands for one of the most sweeping austerity packages ever demanded of a euro zone government.

• Greece votes in referendum with future in euro in doubt

  Greeks voted on Sunday whether to accept or reject the tough terms of an aid offer to stave off financial collapse, in a referendum that may determine their future in Europe’s common currency.

• Anti-austerity protests in Greece as bank shutdown bites

  Tens of thousands of Greeks rallied on Monday to back their leftwing government's rejection of a tough international bailout after a clash with foreign lenders pushed Greece close to financial chaos and forced a shutdown of its banking system.

• Greek parliament gives green light to Tspiras' bailout referendum

  Greek lawmakers on Sunday authorized Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' proposed July 5th bailout referendum, setting Greece on course for a plebiscite that has enraged international creditors and increased Greece's chances of exiting the euro zone.

• Greek officials play down snap election option in debt stand off

  Greek government officials on Saturday played down the possibility of early elections to break an impasse with the country's creditors the day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras dismissed the lenders' latest cash-for-reforms offer.

• Tsipras presses for early Greek debt deal but flags referendum

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday he was confident of an early deal with international creditors, after shaking up his negotiating team and sidelining his outspoken finance minister who has infuriated euro zone partners.

• Greek government denies finance minister Varoufakis to resign

  Greece's outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is not planning to resign, two Greek government officials said on Friday, denying a report in Germany's Bild newspaper.

• Greek PM Tsipras to visit Germany's Holocaust memorial

  Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Germany's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday on the second day of his visit to the country that his radical leftist government has demanded pay World War Two reparations, his office said on Monday.

• Germany rejects Greek demands for World War Two reparations

  Germany dismissed on Wednesday Greek demands to pay World War Two reparations after leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Berlin of using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation for the Nazi occupation of his country.

• Early Greek election, referendum possible if EU rejects debt plan: Varoufakis

  Greece could call a referendum or have early elections should its euro zone partners reject its debt and growth plans, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.

• Germany condemns Greek cartoon depicting Schaeuble as Nazi

  Germany condemned on Friday a cartoon published in a Greek leftist newspaper close to the new ruling party in Athens that depicts Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in a Nazi uniform making comments that invoke the Holocaust.

• Germany rejects Greek claim for World War Two reparations

  Germany said on Monday there was "zero" chance of it paying World War Two reparations to Athens, following a renewed demand from Greece's new leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

• Tsipras moves to form anti-austerity Greek government after crushing victory

  Greek leftwing leader Alexis Tsipras will move on Monday to build a stable government that can take on international lenders and reverse years of painful austerity following a crushing election victory by his Syriza party.

• Greek opposition leader accuses government of fear-mongering

  Greece's radical leftist opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, accused Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Saturday of sowing fear in the country to win support for a presidential vote the government must win to avoid a snap election.