EU to hold crisis talks as Portugal seeks bailout (AFP)

European finance ministers face a point of no return as they gather in Hungary Thursday for talks derailed by Portugal's sudden admission it needs an emergency bailout.An abrupt Lisbon U-turn, after weeks when the collapsed Portuguese government insisted it did not need the external financial aid experts deemed inevitable, changed radically the mood going into a supposedly informal meeting lasting until Saturday.

European finance ministers face a point of no return as they gather in Hungary Thursday for talks derailed by Portugal's sudden admission it needs an emergency bailout.

European finance ministers face a point of no return as they gather in Hungary Thursday for talks derailed by Portugal's sudden admission it needs an emergency bailout.

European finance ministers face a point of no return as they gather in Hungary Thursday for talks derailed by Portugal's sudden admission it needs an emergency bailout.An abrupt Lisbon U-turn, after weeks when the collapsed Portuguese government insisted it did not need the external financial aid experts deemed inevitable, changed radically the mood going into a supposedly informal meeting lasting until Saturday.

Athens (AFP) - Senior EU-IMF auditors held their first meetings with Greek ministers to finalise a new three-year bailout as the Athens stock market prepares to reopen after being shut down for over a month by the debt crisis.

Athens (AFP) - Eurozone finance ministers were set to hold crunch talks over Greece Thursday, after a barrage of warnings that the country risks a damaging exit from the EU if it fails to strike a deal with its creditors.

Brussels (AFP) - Eurozone leaders will hold an emergency summit in Brussels Tuesday to discuss the fallout from Greek voters' defiant "No" to further austerity measures, with the country's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras set to unveil new proposals for talks.