Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared confident on Thursday evening that the reforms for cash debt deal Greece has been seeking for five months with creditors will be reached within 48 hours after Sunday's referendum regardless of the result.
All of Europe is looking on with eyes wide open as efforts to renegotiate Greek's massive debt to European creditors come to a head at the emergency summit. But the view from Italy is a little different.
S. Korea's short-term foreign debt risks fall to lowest after 2008 crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday demanded the timely repayment of all debts owed to it by Ukraine while criticized latter's move to impose moratorium on state debt repayment.
The Administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a presidential memorandum to help borrowers afford their monthly student loan repayments, the White House said in a statement.
Britain's Chancellor George Osborne on Monday warned a eurozone stand-off over Greece's debt was becoming the biggest risk to the global economy.
Italian analysts are keeping a close watch on what they expect to be a compromise solution to debt problems of bailed-out Greece following Syriza's electoral victory on Sunday.
China's State Council, or the cabinet, on Thursday published rules to strengthen the supervision and management of debts incurred by local governments.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday met with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on the country's debt and its implications for sovereign debt restructuring efforts.
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman on Tuesday summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the South American nation to rebuke him for using the word "default" to describe Argentina's failure to pay off its foreign debt.
Argentina's lawmakers Thursday passed a bill that allows the government to pay its foreign debt through domestic banks.
The United Nations' resolution to provide a regulatory framework for debt restructuring is a "clear show of support" for Argentina in its ongoing debt dispute, an Argentine senior official said on Wednesday.
Portugal's 3.5 billion euros (4.55 billion U.S. dollars) debt sale of 15-year bonds on Wednesday came as little surprise, said analysts.
Around 80 percent of government debt was financed by issuing securities in the European Union (EU) in 2013, including bills, bonds, etc., according to a report released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU on Thursday.
China has seen slowing growth in local government debts since the middle of last year, an annual audit report showed on Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed a presidential memorandum on reducing student loan debt in a bid to ensure no young person be priced out of education in the country.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday signed a bill that lifts the country's debt ceiling through March 15, 2015, declaring a halt of the fierce bipartisan contention on the issue in a year of Congressional election.
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