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Greek referendum: ECB expected to maintain tight funding on Greek banks after 'no' vote
ECB expected to maintain Emergency Liquidity Assistance at current level.
Margareta Pagano: Ending Greek tragedy with a Grexit doesn't mean the European dream dies
Politicians should support Alexis Tsipras and the Greek people in light of them potentially exiting the EU.
Greece debt crisis: Crunch meeting scheduled as Greeks table new proposal
The country is expected to miss an IMF debt payment, setting it on course to exit the Eurozone.
Greek debt crisis: Uncertainty and closed banks cause markets worldwide to fall
The FTSE 100 dropped 2.9% and Germany's Dax fell 3.8% while the Euro fell below its $1.1 mark.
Greek debt crisis: Athens stock exchange and banks to remain closed on 29 June
Banks to remain shut in Greece with PM Alexis Tsipras assuring Greek people 'bank deposits are fully secure'.
Greek debt crisis: European Central Bank 'to maintain funding limit' at current level
ECB refuses to increase emergency credit to Greek banks, but has agreed to keep them at current levels.
Greek debt crisis: ECB 'to end' bank emergency lending
European Central Bank is expected to end emergency lending to Greece's banks on Sunday (28 June), according to the BBC.
Greece debt crisis: Talks between Athens and Troika continue as Grexit time bomb ticks
If parties agree on a deal, lenders will give Greece a €7.2bn bailout fund in exchange for saving measures.
Angela Merkel tells Greece there must be a deal with creditors before Monday
Russia says it will consider granting a loan to Greece if request made.
Eurozone crisis: ECB saves Greek banks - for now - with €1.1bn emergency liquidity extension
Greek citizens have withdrawn an estimated €3bn over the past few days to secure their money.
Greek crisis: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plays brinkmanship with creditors over bailout
Leader summoned to Brussels as loan repayment deadline looms large.
Mario Draghi: No indicators for ECB to stop QE before September 2016
The ECB decided to keep its interest rates at 0.05% and hardly revised its inflation rates expectations.
Stefan Stern: Alexis Tsipras must be allowed to stop Greece from suffering under mountain of debt
Europe's leaders should look at themselves and consider who lent Greece the money in the first place.
Monetary Policy meeting: ECB leaves interest rate at record low of 0.05%
The bank announced the frozen rate decided in the first Governing Council monetary policy meeting of June.
Greek Crisis: Athens' creditors play hardball over reforms as deal deadline looms
€7.2bn in cash-for-reforms deal to be put to a reluctant Athens.
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras: Debt repayment decision now lies with troika creditors
Greek Prime Minister says he put forward a comprehensive proposal after Troika leaders met
Greek Crisis: Athens to introduce surcharge on cash machine withdrawals
Cash-strapped government hopes to raise €180m as debt forecast to rise.
Markets round-up: FTSE 100 scales new peak breaking 7,100 mark in record high
Investors buoyed by weak growth data from China and positive eurozone news from the ECB.
Central banks watch: Fed officials including Janet Yellen in focus next week as ECB to meet and Romania to set rates
Janet Yellen is scheduled to speak this week as well.
Greece: ECB boss Mario Draghi gives guarded support and a stern warning
Head of European Central Bank expressed cautious optimism that Greece would benefit from ECB money printing.
Frankfurt: Blockupy ECB protesters set fire to cars and burn barricades [Video]
The protests coincide with the inauguration of the European Central Bank's new headquarters.
Germany: Blockupy protesters set police cars on fire at European Central Bank (ECB) opening in Frankfurt
Thousands of protesters clash with riot police near new European Central Bank building in Frankfurt.
ECB reveals details of €1tn bond buying scheme
The European Central Bank said on 5 March that it will launch into quantitative easing next week.
George Osborne declares 'major win' after European court backs UK clearing house challenge
ECB plan to ensure all euro clearing houses based in eurozone thrown out by EU court.
New look €20 note unveiled by ECB in Frankfurt
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi unveiled a new €20 bank note.
Greek PM 'certain' eurozone will accept deal
German magazine says European Central Bank has made contingency plans for Greek exit.
Eurogroup's Dijsselbloem: Low inflation can be sign of positive development
In his address to the World Trade Forum in Seoul, he emphasised the region's need for stronger and coherent policies.
Greek banks in focus after ECB stops accepting its bonds
Greece's economy remained heavily in focus on Thursday (February 5) after the country's finance ministry said its banking system was protected through its access to emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) available from the domestic central bank, after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would stop accepting Greek bonds in exchange for funding.
Eurozone growth prospects brighten slightly
The eurozone's economic prospects are brighter now than they were three months ago thanks to cheaper oil, a weaker euro and the European Central Bank's quantitative easing, the European Commission said on Thursday (February 5).
Simon Heffer: Whether Greece stays or leaves, anti-austerity threatens to test the EU to destruction
The eurozone will never be the same again after Syriza's victory in Greece.