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# Open for Business

Greek banks reopen as citizens face massive price hikes

Greeks will be able to withdraw up to €420 at once per week.

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Jul 20th 2015, 7:26 AM

# olympic feat

There are 3 big obstacles Greece needs to clear before getting more bailout cash

Politics could still stymie the country’s third rescue package.

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Jul 13th 2015, 5:31 PM

# do as we say

Merkel turns the screw as Greece faces intense pressure to accept tough reforms and austerity measures

Tonight’s talks have been described as a “mental waterboarding” of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

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Jul 12th 2015, 9:20 PM

# feta-compli?

Greece latest: Eurozone ministers to make 'major' decision tomorrow

The country is looking for a €53 billion bailout.

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Jul 10th 2015, 11:00 PM

Voices

What happens to currencies when they die?

We pursue it, discuss it, count it and obsess over it… but do we ever really think about what ‘money’ is?

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Jul 9th 2015, 1:50 PM

# Tick tock

Hold onto your hats: there's to be ANOTHER European summit this coming Sunday to discuss Greece

But according to European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, Greece has until 8.30am on Friday at the latest to submit its final proposals.

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Jul 7th 2015, 10:30 PM

Voices

The Greek people have said no – so what's next?

Yesterday’s result will have inspired millions across Europe that the forces of the 1% can be taken on.

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Jul 6th 2015, 5:32 PM

Voices

It’s time to let Greece – and the euro – go

The Greek problem will never be solved within the eurozone. It’s time to let them leave the euro, default on their loans, and try to rebuild from there with the drachma.

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Jul 4th 2015, 8:00 AM

# to the streets

Greek PM Tsipras speaks to 25,000 as food and medicine supplies run low

Around 25,000 people gathered to hear PM Alexis Tsipras speak this evening.

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Jul 3rd 2015, 11:00 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Are you worried about Greece leaving the eurozone?

European finance ministers are on edge – are you concerned?

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Jun 29th 2015, 8:42 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Is the Greek government right to hold a referendum on its bailout deal?

Tsipras is going to let the people decide – is that the right thing to do?

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Jun 28th 2015, 9:42 AM

# State of the Nation

Is Greece about to kiss the euro goodbye?

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…

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Jun 25th 2015, 12:20 PM

Voices

Five reasons Ireland should be supporting Greece

Our Finance Minister has sided with the most hardline of Greece’s creditors this week – and that’s wrong, writes Ronan Burtenshaw.

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Jun 24th 2015, 1:30 AM

# State of the Nation

'The last thing the government wants to see is Greece get a better deal than they could'

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…

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Jun 23rd 2015, 12:08 PM

# Plan B

Ireland is now really thinking about what happens if Greece leaves the eurozone

The government has confirmed talks with the Central Bank and the NTMA about the implications of Greece exiting the eurozone.

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Jun 19th 2015, 2:25 PM

# Default

Greek banks could be just days away from running out of money

The European Central Bank is due to hold an emergency meeting this morning.

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Jun 19th 2015, 7:55 AM

# Vroom vroom

Ireland must be doing well - we've been buying a shedload of new cars

And we sure do like our Volkswagens…

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Apr 16th 2015, 11:20 AM

# old money

Greece has been secretly putting together a plan to bring back the drachma

But the government insists it will be able to pay its debts on time.

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Apr 3rd 2015, 3:05 PM

# wunderbar

Germany is laughing all the way to the jobs office

The country’s unemployment figures for March were the best since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Mar 31st 2015, 11:28 AM

# QE

The best way to boost Europe's economy? 'Give everyone €175 each month'

What would you spend the money on?

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Mar 27th 2015, 3:25 PM

# do i look fat in this?

Here's what Europe would look like if it were redrawn based on debt per person

Ireland is looking pretty ‘big-boned’…

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Mar 8th 2015, 5:30 PM

# greece lightnin'

Greece really, really wants to stay in the Eurozone after all

Syriza’s aggressive stance continues to soften in the wake of its loans being extended by the ECB

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Feb 26th 2015, 7:10 PM

# Noonanomics

Greece should take Ireland's 'middle road' on debt - not the 'nuclear option'

The Finance Minister was interviewed on Bloomberg about the future of the eurozone and other things…

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Feb 25th 2015, 3:20 PM

# Grexit

Noonan reckons the Greek Finance Minister is 'a bit of a rock star'

He also added that Ireland did ask for a debt write down by suggesting ways forward that would result in one.

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Feb 21st 2015, 2:09 PM

# Breaking

It's a deal: Greece and Eurozone ministers agree on bailout extension

It is reportedly in the region of four months.

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Feb 20th 2015, 10:56 PM

# Grexit

Can Michael Noonan help save the eurozone from economic disaster?

The Finance Minister is back in Brussels today for the deadline of Greece’s bailout.

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Feb 20th 2015, 10:49 AM

# who blinks first?

Euro leaders are giving Greece until Friday to sign on the dotted bailout line

Greece has called the deadline “absurd”.

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Feb 17th 2015, 3:55 PM

# absurd offer

Greece: 'We will not be blackmailed into a bailout extension'

Talks on the country’s bailout programme are, again, going no where.

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Feb 16th 2015, 8:51 PM

# Grexit

Greece is two weeks away from running out of money - and returns to talks today

In the worst case scenario, a chaotic “Grexit” could jeopardise the whole euro project.

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Feb 16th 2015, 3:30 PM

# no pressure

It's crunch time for Greece's anti-austerity plans. And Germany is the biggest hurdle

The new Greek government is trying to kick free of its bailout terms.

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Feb 11th 2015, 4:51 PM

# Plan Ahead

Greece says no to bailout extension, but pledges to honour its debt

Greece aims to raise the minimum wage to €750 euros by 2016.

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Feb 8th 2015, 7:31 PM

Voices

Opinion: Break up the eurozone and slim down the EU – or voters will do it for us

The refusal to deal with the core problems of the Union are driving people to fringe parties that take absolute positions against the EU.

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Jan 31st 2015, 8:00 AM

# Someone has to pay

'Greek people have a very unhealthy relationship when it comes to paying tax'

“Writing off debt means someone else takes the hit, in this case we’re talking about taxpayers,” Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes says.

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Jan 30th 2015, 12:00 PM

# in decline

The money in your pocket is at its lowest value for ten years

How low can it go?

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Jan 23rd 2015, 1:33 PM

# quantitative healing

It's not the best time to order stuff from America...

Something big happened today…

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Jan 22nd 2015, 7:09 PM

# separation anxiety

Explainer: Why a 'Grexit' would be bad news for Ireland... but probably won't happen

Greece goes to the polls in just over a week – we look at what that could mean for this country.

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Jan 17th 2015, 8:30 PM

# like clockwork

Today is a very good day to have a pocket full of Swiss francs

But not a good day to have a home loan in Poland.

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Jan 15th 2015, 2:57 PM

# draghinomics

The head of the ECB is greasing markets for a money-printing injection

An advisor to the EU’s top court has cleared a controversial bond-buying scheme.

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Jan 14th 2015, 4:57 PM

# Going Down

Oil prices tumbled AGAIN today – to the lowest level in six years

Are you seeing the benefit at the petrol stations?

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Jan 12th 2015, 1:00 PM

# downward spiral

The ECB will get radical soon to stop the eurozone going down a deflationary hole

Prices are falling, but that’s not the good news you may think.

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Jan 7th 2015, 6:47 PM