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Greece declared a state of emergency on Friday in its northern region of Evros and asked the European Union for help to battle a major forest fire which raged unabated for a third day. more...

Greece said on Friday it sent a formal letter of inquiry to finance ministers around the world to help assess global holdings of Greek government bonds in preparation to a debt swap plan, as part of its second bailout. more...

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Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded Greece's sovereign debt ratings by three notches to Ca with a developing outlook from Caa1 and said the country still faced serious medium term solvency challenges. more...

Greece's private sector creditors have agreed to take a 21 percent loss on their bond holdings as part of a 37 billion euro contribution to Greece's rescue plan agreed on Thursday. more...

European markets and currencies surge higher on a proposed draft of the Greek bailout. Insight with Peter Boockvar, Miller Tabak managing director. more...

A plan of "overwhelming force to let the markets know that once and for all you’re putting out the fire" in Europe, should start with letting Greece, Portugal and Ireland default, Neel Kashkari told CNBC Monday. more...

European leaders are for the first time prepared to accept that Athens should default on some of its bonds as part of a new bail-out plan for Greece that would put the country's overall debt levels on a sustainable footing, reported the FT. more...

Spot gold was flat on Friday after Greece approved austerity measures to secure emergency funding, seen to diminish safe-haven demand for bullion. more...

CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports that if today's austerity vote passes, implementation will occur tomorrow. more...

Greece’s parliament will say ‘yes’ to an austerity package, says Ray Attrill of BNP Paribas, a decision that will push the euro-dollar up towards the 1.45 level. more...

Gold edged higher on Wednesday, as investors are optimistic that Greece's parliament will approve an austerity plan later in the day, likely to help underpin sentiment in bullion and other commodities. more...

A Greek default could be a couple of years away, and that wouldn't be such a bad thing, this strategist says.* more...

German banks have agreed in principle to use a French proposal as a basis for negotiating private-sector participation in a Greek debt rollover, two sources close to the negotiation told Reuters on Tuesday. more...

Spot gold edged higher on Tuesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as the dollar weakened on hopes that Greece's parliament will pass an austerity plan to avoid a sovereign debt default later this week. more...

Analysis of the sharp rise in the euro and whether new austerity measures in Greece will stabilize the currency, with Marc Chandler, BBH currency strategist. more...

Greece's parliament begins on Monday to debate a deeply unpopular austerity plan which international lenders are demanding to see approved this week to avert the threat of bankruptcy. more...

Another week, another crucial moment in the euro crisis. Leaving aside the Groundhog Day resemblance, here's how to trade Greece's upcoming austerity vote. more...

A currency trade on the Greek austerity vote, with Rebecca Patterson, JPMorgan Private Bank. Also, the Fast Money traders with stocks that pop. more...

The euro extended its rebound from one-week lows in Asia on Friday following news Greece has reached a deal with international lenders on an austerity plan that would bring it one step closer to securing much-needed financial aid. more...