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The move by Macedonia's central bank followed an announcement by Athens that it would introduce capital controls and keep banks shut on Monday.

Austria's finance minister says Greece could "under no circumstances blackmail the European Commission and the euro countries."

"The creditors have not sought our approval but have asked for us to abandon our dignity. We must refuse."

A Greek senior politician called for calm after people began lining up at ATMs following the announcement of a referendum on a proposed bailout deal.

A 35 percent spike in the suicide rate among working-age men has occurred since the implementation of strict austerity measures.

The United States and China began three days of cabinet-level meetings aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world's two biggest economies, a senior U.S. official said.

Athens and its creditors failed to secure a deal this week that would prevent the country from going bankrupt.

An increase in the incomes of a country's richest people hurts its GDP, according to the IMF.

With less than a week to negotiate a deal with its international creditors, Greece submitted Friday a plan containing elements already rejected days before.

If convicted, Dominique Strauss-Kahn — once tipped to become the president of France — would have faced 10 years in prison.

The International Monetary Fund unexpectedly announced bailout talks with Greece stalled amid a failure to make progress, risking a default from Athens and exit from the eurozone.

Greece's international creditors signaled on Wednesday they were ready to compromise to avert a default even as a defiant Athens warned it might skip an IMF loan repayment due this week.

Exiting the eurozone would likely send Greece back into recession, but it could also allow it the freedom to devalue a new currency and boost foreign trade.

Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis says Greece would not pay the 1.6 billion euros due next month because the money was "not there to be given."

The gap between Venezuela's official and unofficial exchange rates makes it simultaneously one of the cheapest and most expensive countries in the region.

Economists at the International Monetary Fund released new research that examines how an outsized financial sector harms the economy.

Lord Nicholas Stern, a prominent climate change economist, warns that oil market volatility could harm businesses and jobs.

Greece's government forecast economic growth at more than 0.8 percent this year, well below the 1.4 percent it estimated in March.

Featuring footage of the Nazi occupation during World War II, a 50-second video focused on reparations has been shown in 35 metro stations in Athens.

Struggling amid a cash crunch, Athens faces debt repayments to the IMF totaling nearly 1 billion euros this month.

Greece's finance minister had said the country can compromise on retirement, privatization and taxation.

Athens has been stuck in negotiations with its euro zone partners and the IMF over lender-specified economic reforms.

The country's finance minister pledged to "compromise, but not be compromised," but investors are betting on a default.

The Ebola-stricken nations are asking international donors to cancel their debts and give them $5-6 billion over two years to rebuild their economies, devastated by the deadly disease, Sierra Leone's president said.

Exporters Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina see less income for their struggling economies, International Monetary Fund data say.

The IMF has cautioned that the economic recovery remains "moderate and uneven," beset by greater uncertainty and many risks.

Emerging markets need to combat increasing risks to global financial stability, the International Monetary Fund's leader says.

Greece announced on Thursday that it had given the order to repay a loan installment from the International Monetary Fund worth about $485 million.

An anonymous Russian official told local media that the country was "ready to discuss the possibility of granting Greece new loans."