Ministers agree £7.8 billion bailout deal for recession-hit Greece after an 11-hour Brussels meeting.

Eurozone reaches 'breakthrough' bailout deal for Greece

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George Soros, the financier who famously "broke the Bank of England," has warned of the dangers an independent Scotland may face.


The worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression is not over. Not yet. But there are, at last, signs that it may be coming to an end.

Renewed fears for Greece as it fails to entice a buyer for its biggest gas company. The beleaguered government sorely needs the money. 

Four of the eurozone's biggest economies will shrink more than expected this year, the EU's Economic Commissioner predicted today.

No one's saying it very loudly. But four years after the start of the Euro Crisis, faith in the programme of Europe-wide cuts is waning.

On the day the US discovers their election outcome, the Greek Parliament faces a vote that could decide its fate in the Eurozone.

How far can you push a Parliamentary system before it ceases to be recognisable as a functioning democracy? We may be about to find out.

The Franco-German pact may be a thing of the past, but David Cameron will still be lonely in Brussels.

Greece are expecting their next tranche of bailout money in October but will Germany pay and what will happen if they do not?

Spare a thought for the European leaders returning to work to find their country's finances are worse than before. The crisis rolls on. 

Leaders from France, Spain and Germany will meet Mario Monti in Rome on Friday to discuss Italy's mounting economy problems.

Greece's conservative leader Antonis Samaris has said tonight his country simply "cannot withstand" another election.


The spending cuts in Greece have reached a critical point.