Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos

• Greek bond swap success lifts rescue hopes

  Greece successfully closed a bond swap offer aimed at reducing its colossal debt pile and averting a chaotic default that would pitch the euro zone into a fresh crisis.

• Eurozone calls for tighter Greek surveillance

  European finance ministers insisted on much tighter oversight of Greece's spending and austerity efforts

• Euro countries voice doubts over Greek bailout

  There are strong doubts among some of the euro countries if a second massive bailout could save Greece

• Greece approves austerity to stay in eurozone

  Greece's parliament has approved an austerity and debt-relief bill, crucial for the country to avoid bankruptcy and remain in the eurozone. Lawmakers voted early Monday in favor of the bill that imposes harsh new austerity measures in return for a euro 130 billion ($171 billion) new bailout agreement and related deal with private creditors to shave...

• Eurozone gives Greece ultimatum for new bailout

  Eurozone finance ministers put off a decision on Thursday on a new bailout to save Greece from bankruptcy, giving Athens less than a week to meet three conditions in return for 130 billion euros in aid.

• World markets buoyed by Greek deal hopes

  World stock markets pushed higher on rising speculation Greece was ready to sign off on an austerity deal.

• Greek debt talks to stretch into weekend

  Greece desperately needs to secure the second bailout and the bond swap deal that seeks to halve its debt load.

• Greek government gets more time to rescue economy with delayed elections

  Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos late on Tuesday said ballots would be set in late April to enable critical negotiations with the eurozone and banks holding Greek sovereign debt to be concluded.

• Greek govt budget predicts lower deficit next year

    Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has submitted Greece's 2012 budget, which projects the budget deficit to contract from 9 per cent of gross domestic product this year to 5.4 per cent next year. The country will remain in recession, according to the budget submitted Friday. But it will also post a primary surplus — a budg...