The European Union has announced that Greece is no longer breaking budget rules.

Greece is on target to tap bond markets for money again by the end of this year and exit its bailout programme next summer, representatives from the country's European creditors said.

Hopes for a breakthrough in bailout negotiations for cash-strapped Greece have been dashed again and another deadline has been set.

Greece is seeking to persuade its creditors in Europe that it has done enough to receive another chunk of bailout loans and a commitment on alleviating Athens' hefty debt burden.

The ECB acts as the enforcer for the EU’s creditor countries, who tell it when to cut off liquidity or when to give loans that maintain a facade of solvency, writes Yanis Varoufakis

Hours before Greece was due to begin returning migrants to Turkey, little sign of preparation was evident on Lesbos, the island through which hundreds of thousands of people have poured into Europe since last year.

Greece said yesterday it would speed up the creation of reception centres for up to 30,000 refugees to help cope with a sharp rise in numbers because of border closures in the Balkans that cut off the main migration route to wealthy western Europe.

EU leaders are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the ongoing refugee crisis.

A regional governor has called on the Greek government to declare a state of emergency for the area surrounding the Idomeni border crossing where thousands of migrants are stranded due to border restrictions along the route towards western Europe.

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Because of increasing inequality, Europeans are voting for radical alternatives to mainstream parties, but integration is not to blame. Policy errors are the culprit, says Jean Pisani-Ferry

The Greek government has reached an agreement with European creditors on economic measures it must take before it can get its next batch of bailout cash.

The recent election that returned Alexis Tsipras to power saw a turnout 1.6m down on the referendum vote in July. Passionate Greeks have been left glum, says Yanis Varoufakis

Alexis Tsipras has received the formal mandate to form a government for the second time this year, after his left-wing Syriza party won Greece’s elections with an unexpectedly wide margin.

Building more permanent camps, together with the provision of work for migrants is an idea that’s going in the right direction, writes John Lloyd

The European Commission has urged Greece to stick to commitments it has made to reform its economy as prime minister Alexis Tsipras called a snap election within hours of new EU bailout cash arriving in Athens.

Greece is receiving the first €13bn payment of its new bailout.

There are ways in which debt could be sensibly restructured without any cost to taxpayers and in a manner that brings Europeans closer together, writes former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis

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Bailout deal sees Syriza fracture and a confidence vote looming

Arvind Subramanian says the Greek people were deprived of true choices during the recent financial crisis

Dozens of migrants have arrived on the shores of the Greek island of Kos as authorities there struggle to cope with the influx of those fleeing their home countries.

The answer to Greece’s economic woes lies in it adopting the right structural reforms as no amount of debt restructuring or debt forgiveness, will suffice to achieve prosperity, says Edmund S Phelps 

Greece will move rapidly to privatise its ports, regional airports and its power grid operator under a memorandum of understanding agreed with its international lenders.

Agreement with creditors could be concluded as early as this week

Given recent events, we must ask if the European Union is now fit for purpose?

Grexit no longer represents the potential catastrophe that it once did. After all, the main short-term cost has already materialised, writes Daniel Gros.

Greek banks are set to keep broad cash controls in place for months, until fresh money arrives from Europe and with it a sweeping restructuring, officials believe.

Greece’s bailout deal is in line with previous bailouts, only worse. It will lead to further deterioration of the Greek economy and debt, writes Pat Cradock

The Greek government has ordered banks to open today, three weeks after they were shut down to prevent the system collapsing under a flood of withdrawals, as prime minister Alexis Tsipras looks to the start of new bailout talks next week.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s comments on the Greek government’s decision to hold a referendum on a bailout as a “disastrous political decision” seems to confirm that politicians do not believe it appropriate to consult the electorate on important decisions effecting the electorate.

There is a widely held view that Greece is the victim in the whole sorry mess that has evolved in that country over the past few years, writes Jim Power

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has claimed the Greek coalition government party Syriza made a “disastrous political decision” when it asked the public to give its view of the EU debt deal.

On the second day following the Greek debt agreement, markets posted further modest gains, but continued to worry whether the €86bn bailout accord will stick in the coming weeks, analysts warned yesterday.

After pursuing the toughest of tough negotiating lines, markets declared Angela Merkel and German bonds the victors from the weekend EU leaders’ summit by granting Greece a new €86bn bailout for three years without conceding to the demands of Greek leader Alexis Tsipras.

GREECE just got to the starting line after 17 hours of what was described by one EU diplomat as “water boarding” on its path to staying in the eurozone, writes Ann Cahill

The Greek deal set off a bitter war of words in Irish politics with the Coalition using it to brand Sinn Féin as economically “stupid”, while Gerry Adams hit back describing the Government’s attitude towards Athens as “obscene”.

The embattled PM must convince parliament to vote in favour of deal and could face open mutiny, writes Kostas Karkagiannis

The latest save-the-euro summit turned into open season on Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.

I saw two options, eurozone compromise or Greece would exit the euro. That Greece would capitulate as it has was never considered, says Megan McArdle            

A united Europe is dead, buried in the rubble of the economic war unleashed against the people in the peripheral countries that were bailed out by the troika, writes Rory Hearne