Greece

Opinion by Paul Taggart and Kai Oppermann, University of Sussex* Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras is pushing ahead with plans to hold a referendum on the terms set by his country’s creditors for repaying its debts. The July 5 vote will see Greek...

Voters in Greece have started casting their ballots in a referendum to approve or reject a bailout proposal that has divided the country in YES and NO camps. More than ten thousand polling centers opened across Greece on Sunday,  7 a.m....

Shakespeare`s Othello was presented for the first time at its natural site, the Othello Tower in the Turkish-occupied town of Famagusta, by a group of young Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot actors, making the dream of Ali Tuncay and Takis Hadjidemetriou...

Greece is under the spotlight, receiving global interest in light of tomorrow's referendum. As expected tomorrow’s vote will be covered by hundreds of foreign news agencies. Foreign journalists flooded the Greek capital, most of them currently located in facilities set up...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has suggested Greece could leave the Eurozone "temporarily." Schaeuble, one of the Greece's biggest creditors and toughest critics, made the remarks on the eve of a Greek referendum that will decide if there should be further austerity measures. The...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has described the actions of Athens’ creditors as “terrorism” but said an agreement with them is inevitable in an interview published hours before a landmark referendum to accept or reject the country's bailout terms. “What they...

Tourism has always been one of Greece’s most developed and fruitful sectors, however, due to the political turmoil and uncertainty, Greek tourism has received a heavy blow. Even though several foreign media are trying to prevent foreigners from travelling to Greece...

Protesters outside the European Union House in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Saturday expressed their solidarity and support to the Greek people, as well as their disapproval of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund’s austerity policies. The crowd waved Cypriot and...

People across the globe have started considering the possibility of a Greek exit from the Eurozone, but what would that mean for the European monetary union? The Wall Street Journal attempted to find the answer to this question in a...

Reuters reported that Eurozone country leaders attempted to block the IMF’s decision to publish a report regarding the Greek issue, where the Fund admitted that the Greek debt is unsustainable and requires relief. The report vindicated the leftist SYRIZA government,...