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UN urges EU to step in and help Greece with migrants crisis
The UNHCR said on 10 July that Greece urgently needs help to cope with 1,000 migrants arriving each day.
Greek debt crisis: Greece takes axe to bloated pension system with retirement age hike to 67
Greece will now fall in line with Spain in raising its retirement age to 67.
Greek debt crisis: Read the Greek economic reform proposals sent to EU, IMF creditors
Greece submitted a fresh draft of proposals to its creditors in an 11th hour bid for debt relief.
Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble offers to exchange Greece for debt-ridden Puerto Rico
Germany's hawkish finance minister takes a dig at Greece in public remarks offering to swap it for Puerto Rico.
European jobs market outlook remains bleak warns OECD
Greece and Spain to be worst hit by joblessness.
Pope Francis blasts 'new colonialism' of austerity in fresh attack on capitalism
Speaking in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Pope Francis calls for just economic order.
Market round-up: Bank of England's steady interest rate and QE programme buoys FTSE 100
Maintaining £375bn quantitative easing programme and holding interest rates at 0.5% gave investors confidence.
Greek debt crisis: Draft of new proposal may include €13bn in cuts and tax rises
Greek MPs from the ruling Syriza party are scheduled to meet on 10 July to decide proposal.
Greek debt crisis: Greece and France work feverishly to hammer out new debt deal before midnight deadline
Proposals likely to include debt restructuring that proved major sticking point with creditors.
Summer budget 2015: Anti-austerity protesters hold 'die-in' outside parliament
The People's Assembly against Austerity held a 'die-in' just hours after the summer budget.
Market round-up: Tory budget keeps FTSE 100 afloat despite Greek and China conundrums
The Conservative pledge to cut UK corporation tax progressively to 18% in 2020 caught investor's eyes.
Greek debt crisis: 'EU can't legally force Grexit or stop Greece from using euros'
EU law experts and rock-star economists are calling for less sabre rattling and more Greek debt restructuring.
Greek debt crisis: Greece tables new bailout plan as clock ticks down on Grexit
PM Alexis Tsipras has until 9 July to flesh out the proposals.
Greek debt crisis: Australian to financially support pensioner pictured crying outside bank
Businessman offers help to Giorgos Chatzifotiadis after recognising him as old family friend
Donald Tusk: Greek deal failure 'will affect all of Europe'
Eurozone countries have given Greece until 12 July to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms.
The new gold: Fearful Greeks max out credit cards buying iMacs and PlayStations
Concerned about deposit haircuts, Greeks spend all they can on high-value items like iMacs while they still can
Market round-up: FTSE 100 sees Rolls-Royce fall on downgrade after offshore drilling cutbacks
Mining stocks also hit hard after cuts to coper price following slow growth in China.
Greece crisis: What drives the 'brotherless nation' of Greeks to defiance?
Greece's national character is one marked by exceptionalism and forged in war.
Greek debt crisis: Referendum result led to 'less clarity' say eurozone ministers in Brussels
Members of the eurozone called on Greece to be clear on what it wants after referendum vote.
Greek debt crisis: How Greece's banking system is beholden to politics
Cash is running perilously low as crunch meetings are set to decide fate of banking system.
Euro holds steady as investors await eurozone summit
The single currency is holding firm as Greece prepares to unveil new proposals to alleviate debt crisis.
US urges compromise to keep Greece in eurozone
White House call comes as Obama and Hollande discuss Greek crisis.
Market round-up: Greek no vote pushes FTSE 100 down
Markets were taken aback by overwhelming support for the Greek government's anti-austerity stance.
Greek debt crisis: Negotiations won't be easy for Euclid Tsakalotos says Wolfgang Schäuble
German finance minister said Tsakalotos will struggle to 'find a solution' to Greece's woes.
Greek debt crisis: Euclid Tsakalotos named finance minister after Yanis Varoufakis resignation
An Oxford educated academic, Tsakalotos belongs to the hard-line left of the Syriza party.
Greek debt crisis: German economy minister calls on EU countries to give Greece humanitarian aid
All EU countries now need to prepare to give humanitarian aid to Greece said Sigmar Gabriel.
Letter from Athens: Greek referendum is a victory for dog whistle politics
Dropping out of the eurozone would be humanitarian disaster for Greece
Greek debt crisis: What experts are saying about political and financial shock in eurozone
Finance gurus offer their views on another critical week for Greece
Greek debt crisis: Does Alexis Tsipras realise Greece is not the only democracy in the eurozone?
Tsipras and supporters under impression eurozone leaders like Merkel answerable to no mandate.
Opinion: Greece shows it has the balls to stand up to bankers
Greece has been a victim of extortion at the hands of the global banking system – discuss.