GREEK MAN ARRESTED OVER LETTER BOMBS

Greek police say they have arrested a man in Athens in connection with a series of letter bomb attacks on EU officials earlier this year... READ MORE›

'IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE THAT WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG RECOVERY'

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund IMF, spoke to FRANCE 24 during the annual meetings of her institution and the World Bank in Washington... READ MORE›

IMF SOUNDS CAUTION ON U.S. TAX REFORM

The International Monetary Fund is giving the Trump administration some unsolicited... READ MORE›

UKRAINE STILL HAS PLENTY TO DO TO SATISFY ITS $17.5 BILLION BAILOUT

This week's visit by the International Monetary Fund's second-in-command has shone the spotlight on how much Ukraine still has to do under its 17.5 billion bailout... READ MORE›

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ANTI-AUSTERITY PARTY WINS GREEK POLL

Angola press greece election anti-austerity syriza leader tsipras vows to end pain 5 hrs ago... READ MORE›

GREECE HAS THREE WEEKS TO DEAL WITH 'POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS' DEBT, SAYS IMF

Fears of further uncertainty in Europe's weakest member state mounted as the International Monetary Fund IMF predicted that Greece's debt load could become explosive by 2030... READ MORE›

THE IMF IS WORRIED ABOUT THE WORLD'S $152 TRILLION DEBT PILE

Excessive private debt is a major headwind against the global recovery and a risk to financial stability, IMF fiscal chief Vitor Gaspar said in prepared remarks... READ MORE›

AMERICA FIRST NO MORE AS IMF SEES U.S. FADING AS GROWTH ENGINE

In the April world economic outlook, it had forecast U.S. growth of 2.3 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, in 2017 and 2018... READ MORE›

GREECE DEBT CRISIS TSIPRAS FACING EUROZONE DEAL REVOLT

The European Commission published its own assessment on Wednesday, taking a more optimistic view of Greece's debt sustainability than the IMF but also suggesting debt relief... READ MORE›

GREECE DEBT CRISIS REFORMS GOING TO FAIL

Mr Varoufakis resigned earlier this month, in what was widely seen as a conciliatory gesture towards the eurozone finance ministers with whom he had clashed frequently... READ MORE›

THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT CONVEYS THE DESPAIR OF GREECE'S ELDERLY

A photograph of an elderly Greek man alone and weeping on the ground outside a national bank has emerged as the country's financial crisis deepens... READ MORE›

GREECE SAYS 'NOT A EURO MORE' FROM ITS AUSTERITY-IMPOVERISHED POPULATION

The Greek government said it would not ask for a euro more from its impoverished citizens... READ MORE›

EUROZONE ECONOMY SEES GROWTH PICK UP

Greece talks Of the 18 member states of the eurozone only three recorded a contraction in their economy Greece, Finland and Cyprus... READ MORE›

TSIPRAS RESIGNS, PAVING WAY FOR SNAP GREEK ELECTION

20 with Tsipras seeking to crush a rebellion in his leftist Syriza party and seal public support for the bailout program Greece's third since 2010 that he negotiated... READ MORE›

PM TSIPRAS 'FOCUSED ON BAILOUT DEAL'

Greece debt crisis PM Tsipras 'focused on bailout deal'... READ MORE›

GREEK MPS PREPARE FOR SECOND VOTE ON BAILOUT REFORMS

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rallied his Syriza colleagues on Tuesday saying the Greek people had pinned their hopes on staying in the euro... READ MORE›

SKEPTICISM CONFUSION OVER AUSTRALIA SUBMARINE TENDER PLEDGE

Greece's creditors -- the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- want the new government to seek an extension beyond Feb... READ MORE›

GREEK LEADERS IN FINAL POLL PLEAS

But critics say that what the party is advocating may mean Greece will be forced to leave the eurozone whether it wants to or not... READ MORE›

GREECE SAYS BAILOUT DEAL CLOSE, BUT WILL NOT ACCEPT 'ILLOGICAL' DEMANDS

Reaching agreement would release another tranche of funds from it latest 86 billion euro bailout, and facilitate Greece making a major 7.2 billion euro debt repayment this summer... READ MORE›

GREEK PM OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH ON DEBT

Greece economy pm tsipras seeks to placate creditors... READ MORE›

2BN EURO ARREARS REPAID TO IMF

The International Monetary Fund confirms Greece has cleared overdue debt repayments, as banks open for the first time in three weeks... READ MORE›

But by Sunday evening, 10 merchant ships had managed to reach the ferry, and they were taking on passengers, the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry said... READ MORE›

GLOBAL ELITES STEP UP DEFENSE OF OPENNESS AS POPULISM RISES

Global policy makers are stepping up their resolve to combat an isolationist backlash that threatens to undermine years of opening borders to trade and investment... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF MIGRANTS FOUND DEAD IN TRUCK ON AUSTRIA HIGHWAY, SAY POLICE

So we shouldn't pretend that only Italy and Greece are affected, he said in an interview with public broadcaster ORF... READ MORE›

5 DEAD ON BLAZING GREEK FERRY; ALL 473 SURVIVORS RESCUED

A fire erupted on the ferry carrying 478 people from Greece to Italy... READ MORE›

FEARING RETURN TO DRACHMA, SOME GREEKS USE BITCOIN TO DODGE CAPITAL CONTROLS

Average daily bitcoin purchases from the euro zone this week were up 250 percent compared with June's average... READ MORE›

GREEK PARLIAMENT VOTES ON BAILOUT DEAL AMID PROTESTS

Workers across Greece called for strikes over the austerity measures demanded by Athens international creditors... READ MORE›

GREEK CRISIS DULLS APPETITE FOR EURO IN OTHER COUNTRIES

The doubts are now playing out primarily in the countries that most recently joined the European Union, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe... READ MORE›

PARCEL EXPLOSION AT IMF'S PARIS OFFICE WOUNDS EMPLOYEE

IMF chief Christine Lagarde said the organisation was working closely with French authorities to investigate the incident in Paris... READ MORE›

9 REASONS GREECE'S EXPERIMENT WITH THE RADICAL LEFT IS DOOMED TO FAILURE

Angela Merkel recently prevented the European Central Bank from making them liable for other governments debts... READ MORE›

EU MINISTERS BEGIN DRIVE TO DELIVER BAILOUT AS GREECE GIVES BITTER CONSENT

Eurozone finance ministers must find 7bn in stopgap funding and gain approval from other parliaments including Germanys Bundestag after Athens vote... READ MORE›

GERMANY BELIEVES EURO ZONE COULD COPE WITH GREECE EXIT

Germany believes euro zone could cope with Greece exit report... READ MORE›

LETTER BOMB THAT EXPLODED AT PARIS IMF OFFICE WAS SENT FROM GREECE

The president, Francois Hollande, said French authorities would do all they could to find those responsible for the letter bomb... READ MORE›

ANGELA MERKEL REJECTS DEBT RELIEF FOR GREECE

This cut Greece's total debt burden by around 100 billion euros... READ MORE›