Tag: Greek referendum

• Monday, June 29th 2015 - 06:20 UTC

  Greek banks closed and Tsipras takes the dispute with ECB and IMF to the brink

  

  Greek banks are to remain closed and capital controls will be imposed, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced. Speaking after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it was not increasing emergency funding to Greek banks, Tsipras underlined Greek deposits were safe.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 20:52 UTC

  Merkel and Sarkozy determined to implement EU bailout plan for Greece

  

  Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy are “determined” to implement the EU bailout plan for Greece. That was the outcome of an emergency phone call between the two chiefs of state ahead of a G20 summit Wednesday.