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![Paul Thomas: Cliches cover both sides of crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Paul Thomas: Cliches cover both sides of crisis
Contemplating Greece's slow-motion train wreck, it's hard to resist the urge to trot out some old sayings, writes Paul Thomas.
![Hints at Greek debt relief](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Hints at Greek debt relief
German Chancellor Angela Merkel held out the prospect of limited debt relief as crisis-hit Greece prepares to reopen its banks three weeks after they were shut.
![Greece's imaginary numbers will destroy any deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Greece's imaginary numbers will destroy any deal
The European Union seems to be using imaginary numbers in constructing a bailout for Greece. Here are some of them.
![Bitter medicine for Greece](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Bitter medicine for Greece
Draconian plan shatters very foundation of eurozone governance, verging on a surrender of sovereignty.
![30 years to sort out Greece](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
30 years to sort out Greece
The International Monetary Fund has set off a political earthquake in Europe, warning that Greece may need a full moratorium on debt payments for 30 years and perhaps even long-term subsidies to claw....
![How Greek agreement came about](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
How Greek agreement came about
Text variations before the final agreement was reached reveal the enormity of what was at stake.
![Editorial: Greek crisis advances European unity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Editorial: Greek crisis advances European unity
Greece's capitulation to the demands of its euro creditors is a resounding victory for the common currency and takes the eurozone a step closer to common government.
![Marc Champion: Tsipras has 'vandalised' Greek economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Marc Champion: Tsipras has 'vandalised' Greek economy
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came away with a much worse deal than the one he just persuaded Greek voters to reject.
![Tsipras: From predator to prey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Tsipras: From predator to prey
The latest save-the-euro summit turned into open season on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
![New Greek deal, the hard job is to sell it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
New Greek deal, the hard job is to sell it
The focus has shifted to Athens, where Tsipras will struggle to push through tougher austerity package.
![Merkel talks tough over bailout deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Merkel talks tough over bailout deal
Divided eurozone leaders clash over the fate of Greece with a catastrophic exit from the single currency looming large as they struggle to reach a bailout deal.
![Damaged loan trust costs Greece dearly](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Damaged loan trust costs Greece dearly
Five months of negotiations in which its Government destroyed goodwill among creditors that have lent it hundreds of billions of dollars have cost Greece dearly.
![How egg sales tell the story of Greece's woes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
How egg sales tell the story of Greece's woes
In a country in the midst of a new and ugly phase in its five-and-half-year-long debt crisis, eggs have become an unlikely barometer of life in a nonfunctional economy.
![The 10 best islands in the world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
The 10 best islands in the world
Readers of US-based Travel and Leisure magazine have voted the ten best islands in the world in its annual survey.
![John Roughan: Greece best left to its own devices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
John Roughan: Greece best left to its own devices
It would be better for all concerned if the European Central Bank stopped the supply of credit to Greece and left the country to its own devices, writes John Roughan.
![Bryan Gould: Greece may now be forced to leave EU](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Bryan Gould: Greece may now be forced to leave EU
Unless helped by a bail-out package Greece will be forced to leave the euro and seek their own salvation, writes Bryan Gould.
![Greece's last-chance bid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Greece's last-chance bid
Greece has made a final bid for aid from Europe's bailout fund, as it faces a race against the clock to avoid economic collapse.
![Greece asks partners for new bailout](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Greece asks partners for new bailout
Greece and its European lenders prepared for a final showdown over whether to keep this struggling Mediterranean nation in the euro zone.
![Why is the euro failing?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Why is the euro failing?
Greece's government seems determined to incur the world's blame for the emergent economic turmoil in Europe.
![Frustration at lack of detailed Greek plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Frustration at lack of detailed Greek plan
European officials say Greece now has just five days to avoid bankruptcy.
![Bankers tighten the screws on Greece](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Bankers tighten the screws on Greece
The European Central Bank has tightened liquidity conditions for the Greek banking system following the landslide referendum victory for the Athens Government.
![Bryan Gould: EU power brokers have guilty role in Greek tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Bryan Gould: EU power brokers have guilty role in Greek tragedy
Why are the Germans and other creditors determined to force the Greeks into such a damaging dead end? The answer is they care little for the travails of the Greek people, writes Brian Gould.
!['I will pay this man's pension'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
'I will pay this man's pension'
Australian CEO tracks down weeping man in Greece and vows to pay for his pension "for as long as it takes".