Greece is burning!

Raging wildfires have killed 74 people including small children in Greece, devouring homes and forests, in what officials are calling the worst fires the country has seen in a decade. Around 500......

'Sometimes people want to try something to shake things up': Obama in Greece

United States President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Donald Trump tapped into a “troubling” strain of rhetoric playing on Americans’ fears of globalisation to win the......

Alexis Tsipras returns as Greece PM

Greek voters returned Alexis Tsipras to power with a strong election victory on Sunday, ensuring the charismatic leftist remains Greece's dominant political figure despite caving in to European......

Two deals but many lessons

Both the Greek and Iranian deals are extremely imperfect and fraught with uncertainty, says Claude Smadja. It does not happen frequently: Two big agreements in one week. What could make analysts......

Five reasons why markets crashed over 1,700 points on Monday

Stock markets crashed over 1,700 points or nearly 5 per cent on Monday, making it the biggest fall since 2008.   This level of slump at the bourses is in tandem with Asian markets that......

EU calls on Greece to stick with reforms as PM quits

The new election, eight months after Tsipras swept to power on now-broken promises of ending lender-imposed austerity, injects renewed uncertainty into Greek policies. Image: Prime Minister Alexis......

Markets end higher on rate-cut hopes; RBI policy eyed

Benchmark indices ended higher with banks leading the gains after the government proposed capital infusion to the tune of nearly Rs 20,000 crore in the next two months to boost their capital base.......

New Greek bailout talks start, creditors seek more action

Athens has pushed two reform packages through parliament Talks between Greece and its international creditors on a third bailout began in Athens on Monday but the lenders want to see more reforms......

Andre, Nani give experimental Portugal win in Luxemburg

IMAGE: Portugal's Nani in action. Photograph: Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images Andre Andre and Nani scored in each half to give an experimental Portugal a 2-0 win in Luxemburg in a friendly on......