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

Eurozone deputy finance ministers provisionally approved the payout of a €1bn aid tranche for Greece yesterday after Athens withdrew a disputed package of social justice measures from parliament.

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

Who is Left, let alone ‘hard-Left’? Labour claims to be Left, while decrying the hard-Left, writes Gerard Howlin

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.

Greek voters yesterday returned Alexis Tsipras to power with a strong election victory, ensuring that the charismatic leftist remains Greece’s dominant political figure despite caving into European demands for a bailout he once opposed.

Greece’s former prime minister says he is seeking an absolute majority for his radical left Syriza party in upcoming early elections.

Greece will miss its revenue target from asset sales this year due to delays in a €1.2bn airport deal, the head of its privatisation agency said yesterday, in a setback to efforts to meet the terms of its new bailout.

The existence or otherwise of the IRA is a real issue, despite what the Shinners might claim and Gerry Adams’ best efforts to blame ‘cynical’ political opponents, says Michael Clifford

Greek financial markets are likely to rebound strongly in the final quarter of the year despite their current malaise. Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras last week resigned which paved the way for snap elections next month.

Greece’s radical left Syriza party can win re-election with an outright majority, a senior member said, governing without support from mainstream forces which also back the country’s new international bailout.

Greek opposition leaders made zero progress as they pressed on with trying to form a coalition yesterday, despite appeals from home and abroad for a rapid move to elections so the country can deal with its economic and humanitarian crises.

Tsipras resigns but eyes strong return in vote.

The German parliament approved a third bailout for Greece yesterday after finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, said the country should get “a new start”, while in Athens the government agonised over whether to call a snap election.

Bailout deal sees Syriza fracture and a confidence vote looming

Greek legislators approved a bailout package that may unlock as much as €86 billion and help the nation avoid a default next week when it has to make a payment to the European Central Bank.

Greece has agreed on the broad terms of a new three-year bailout package with international creditors, with only a few details left to iron out, officials said.

Agreement with creditors could be concluded as early as this week

European Union (EU) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiators have begun talks with Greece to hammer out details of a third international bailout worth €85bn.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has defeated a bid by dissenters in his left-wing Syriza party to push for an end to bailout talks and an exit from the euro.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras says he does not want early elections but rebels within his radical left Syriza party could force his hand.

The Greeks, credited with creating western civilisation, may have saved it in a near cataclysmic moment for Europe, more profound than the aftermath of 9/11.

Enda Kenny and Joan Burton are due to appear before the Banking Inquiry today; Greece’s radical government approved new creditor-demanded reforms; a Cork-based engineer has made it into the last 100 candidates for the Mars One mission; and the European dream is over for Dundalk. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

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.

The Greek parliament has voted by a narrow majority to take the first steps towards a €86bn bailout (its third) by adopting a series of austerity measures.

People may not like bankers or capitalism, but they like being better-off and won’t vote to be poorer, says Victoria White

Greek politicians are debating an austerity bill ahead of a vote that will condemn the country to years of more budget savings, but is needed to get a desperately needed new bailout.

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.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras faces open revolt from some of his own ministers as he seeks support for a bailout deal that, while saving the country from financial collapse, will cause years of pain for Greece.

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.

The eurozone summit has reached a unanimous agreement on the Greek bailout; A Co Laois community is grief-stricken after three friends died in a horror crash over the weekend; Minister Alex White has defended the new national postcode system as accurate, despite a number of complaints. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com

Greece’s negotiators head to Brussels armed with their reform proposals and parliamentary backing to seek a third bailout, but with the shadow of severe dissent from governing politicians hanging over them.

CALLING the bluff of Greek’s European partners, and retorting with an immediate referendum demonstrated Napoleonic verve by prime minister Alexis Tsipras, writes Gerard Howlin. 

The past week has taken its toll on nearly everybody in Greece. What’s next, asks Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill from Athens

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s plan to hold a referendum tomorrow on creditors’ demands for austerity has prompted a breakdown in talks with lenders, forced Greece to shut banks, and left its future in the eurozone in doubt.

The perilous state of the Greek economy is underlined by the fact that there is only about €900m available for their banks to distribute through their ATMs, according to sources.

The European Central Bank has kept its emergency liquidity assistance to Greek banks unchanged at €88.6bn, and did not impose higher haircuts which would have reduced the sum available and caused banks to collapse immediately.

The Greek prime minister has backed himself into a corner. With his people facing €60 cash withdrawal limits at banks, they may well choose to side with Europe in a vote, writes Hugo Dixon

A former boss of mine used the term “senior hurling” when we were engaged in what he considered a significant piece of business.

Enda Kenny has confirmed that Ireland would be expected to contribute over and above the €350 million already paid towards Greece if Athens were to enter a new international bailout programme.

The reason politics is a hard trade is you have to make hard decisions. Greece, is a marginalised country, playing a weak hand, writes Gerard Howlin