Rappler's latest stories on Greece economy
Greece woos tourists with pledge of 'maximum' virus safety
With a quarter of Greece's economy dependent on tourism, the government faces an urgent challenge to reassure potential visitors they can safely vacation there

Greece 'more than sea and sun', says PM in tourism launch
Greece desperately needs to attract visitors to boost its coronavirus-hit economy

A decade after debt crisis, Greece on verge of virus recession
Though Greece has so far been spared the coronavirus death toll of other European nations, it will not escape the resulting economic downturn

Greece, creditors look to debt relief after provisional fiscal deal
3rd UPDATE Greece reaches a preliminary deal with its creditors that should pave the way for long awaited debt relief talks the Greek finance minister says

IMF says Greece debt 'explosive' in long term
The pessimistic report though in keeping with the fund s repeated statements on the topic makes it more unlikely the IMF stays on the sidelines of any new European loan deal for Greece

Internal auditor hits IMF handling of 2010 Greece bailout
An independent probe into the IMF s handling of European bailouts finds that it bent its rules and was vulnerable to political pressure as it embarked on the ill fated 2010 Greece rescue

Greece in debt relief 'breakthrough' with eurozone, IMF
UPDATED Analysts warn however that the details of the crucial deal are sketchy

IMF: Greece needs 'unconditional' debt relief from EU creditors
The International Monetary Fund says creditors should fix interest rates on Greek debt at no more than 1 5

Greek parliament approves new austerity measures to unlock bailout cash
UPDATED The 7 000 page bill that raises the sales tax cap and introduces a contingency mechanism to slash spending further in case of budget overruns is passed thanks to the Syriza led coalition government s slim majority

Greek parliament approves controversial pension, tax reforms
As expected all the opposition parties voted against the bill which will reduce Greece s highest pension payouts merge several pension funds among others

Greece paralyzed by strike over pension reforms and tax hikes
Metro tram and bus systems in the country all grind to a halt as part of a 48 hour strike

IMF chief says Greece plan 'good distance away' amid leaks row
The IMF conducts its negotiations in good faith not by way of threats and we do not communicate through leaks says Christine Lagarde

Greece reaches deal to unlock further bailout funds
This round of funding is contingent on reaching an agreement on the terms of a privatization fund and the sale of electricity distributor Admie

Greece passes 'tough' austerity-extending 2016 budget
Behind the numbers anybody can see the agonizing effort to support the working classes says Prime Minister Tsipras

Greece vote set for Sept 20 as Syriza takes poll lead
UPDATED President Prokopis Pavlopoulos signs a decree dissolving parliament and confirming the widely expected date of September 20 for the crisis hit country s fifth election in 6 years

Greek stocks take historic beating as bourse reopens
Trading resumes after a 5 week shutdown forced by capital controls

Greece working with ECB to deal with banking crisis: FM
Greece scrambles to avoid a banking crisis before banks open on Monday

Juncker says did not receive Greek counter-proposal on economic reforms
European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker says he has never received the alternative proposal Alexis Tsipras promised to present by Thursday evening

Greece makes progress but warns of cash crunch
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis admits Athens faces an imminent crisis
No new bailout needed if Greek debt restructured – minister
However analysts believe that even if it manages to secure the last tranche of aid Greece may have to obtain a new rescue package to stay afloat
Greek PM blasts Russia sanctions at Putin meet
There are no concrete results from the encounter with Putin insisting Athens has not asked for financial aid and an embargo on Greek produce would remain

Greek PM in Moscow for Putin meet that rattles EU
But analysts say that while the visit might see Moscow lift an embargo on Greek fruit overall it is more about political grandstanding aimed at pressuring Europe rather than a serious shift in policy

Greece agrees to repay IMF debt by April 9 – Lagarde
There was speculation that Athens might fail to meet the 460 million euro 501 million IMF installment if forced to choose between the IMF and paying government workers

Tsipras seeks 'honest compromise' as Greece wrangles with creditors
Experts from the IMF and the EU are scrutinizing a list of reforms that Athens has proposed in its bid to get the creditors to release 7 2 billion euros 7 81 billion in loans

Tsipras tells Merkel 'impossible' to repay debt – report
Report: Greece s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warnes German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a letter that Athens will not be able to service its debt without financial help from the EU

Greece seeks bailout extension with reform plan
UPDATED Greece submits the list of economic reforms demanded by its creditors to extend the country s bailout program by 4 months a European source says

Veteran conservative Pavlopoulos elected Greek president
The former minister and expert in public law was put forward for the post in a bid to draw much needed cross party support as debt laden Greece races to negotiate a new loan deal with its international creditors

Austerity drove up Greek suicides by a third – study
The study is the first attempt to chart suicides in Greece on a monthly decade spanning scale and to correlate them to big economic events

Greek MPs hold crunch presidential vote to avert snap polls
The definitive round of voting to choose a successor to President Karolos Papoulias comes during last ditch efforts by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to get the government s candidate elected

IMF approves 1.7-B euro loan payout to Greece
The multilateral lender releases 1 72 billion euros 2 29 billion in aid for Greece after completing a review of the country s performance under the international rescue program
Greek lawmakers pass austerity package
Conservative and socialist lawmakers from Greece s three party coalition government voted to adopt the 18 5 billion euro 23 6 billion budget cuts by 2016 despite protests earlier in the day
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Greek radical leader sets ten-day deadline to sway creditors
Greek radical leftist leader Alexis Tsipras seen as a likely winner in Sunday s June 17 elections has set himself a ten day deadline to renegotiate an EU IMF bailout which he claims is killing the country s weakened economy
Pressure on Greece 12 days before election
The prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone was due to figure in an emergency conference call later Monday among Group of Seven finance ministers as well as growing worries that shaky Spanish and Portuguese banks will mean fresh European turmoil