Tsipras's government

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens Thursday. Merkel and Tsipras have met in person many times over the course of the past few years, but this is the first time the German chancellor visits Athens during Tsipras's government. 

Amid rising tensions within the government over the contentious Prespes name deal, conservative New Democracy on Monday hit out at both Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his coalition partner Panos Kammenos, who opposes the deal Tsipras's government signed, accusing them of destabilizing the country.

As the negotiations with Greece's creditors drag on, the opposition has unleashed criticism against the government with conservative New Democracy and socialist PASOK repeating calls for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to resign and centrist Potami underlining the risk of snap polls at such a sensitive time.

By Renee Maltezou & Paul Taylor

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was under intense pressure to deliver crucial concessions to international creditors on Thursday to break a four-month deadlock and save his country from looming default that could pitch it out of the eurozone.

By Karolina Tagaris & Deepa Babington

Lawmakers from Greece's ruling SYRIZA party reacted with dismay and fury on Thursday to a package of reforms creditors offered Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in return for cash, with one senior party official calling it a "murderous" proposal.

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on May 31 attacked its creditors for insisting on what he described as absurd reforms which have only held up progress in negotiations for a deal aimed at preventing his country from defaulting.

By Renee Maltezou & Angeliki Koutantou

Greece cannot make an upcoming payment to the International Monetary Fund on June 5 unless foreign lenders disburse more aid, a senior ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday, the latest warning from Athens it is on the verge of default.

By Karl Stagno Navarra, Eleni Chrepa & Jeff Black

Greece and its euro-area partners are stepping up talks in a bid to break an impasse over bailout aid as early as next week, even as the country's government sent conflicting signals over its willingness to agree on long- stalled reforms.

The European Union has given Greece up to April 20 to present a list of reforms which, if found acceptable, would unlock the final tranche of aid funds promised under a multi-billion-euro bailout, a German newspaper reported.

By Patrick Donahue & Birgit Jennen

Germany's top envoy for Europe urged Greece to end its spat with the European Central Bank, saying ECB President Mario Draghi is an ally in the country's struggle for funding.