Finance minister finalise plan to give Athens access to markets in August after final bailout

16th century battles on the frontier of mathematics

That’s Maths: The computation of ever more accurate estimates of pi has preoccupied enthusiasts for centuries

That’s Maths: Plato saw the value of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy

Deal includes labour and energy reforms as well as pension cuts and tax rises

Greeks drop objections to pension cuts and tax reforms, but IMF considered essential

Postwar divisions, in the form of ‘the three Greeces’, are evident again in the current crisis

There is much humanity, and a great many laughs in Colm Quinn’s charming film about the legendary Dublin divan flogger

Euro zone finance ministers on standby for extraordinary eurogroup meeting on Greece

Significant challenges remain as the Greek government settles into its new term

Ministers of Syriza-Independent Greeks coalition must begin introducing bailout measures

Analysis: Key moments that led to the agreed third Greece bailout worth €86bn

Sources say deal reached on 3rd bailout after all-night talks

Almost a quarter of Syriza’s MPs vote against or abstain in ballot on package

‘You see shocking pictures of people crying because they’ve no money or in rubbish bins’

Increasing signs of backlash facing Greek PM from his party over reform deal offered

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a kaleidoscope of colour, exuberance and great noise, when the Big Easy lets the good times roll

Oliver Byrne, a civil engineer, brought a dash of colour to geometry

That’s Maths: If the sleigh’s route is fractal, most of the distance is due to the small segments from one house to the next

That’s Maths: Euler’s formula has repercussions in topology, network analysis and dynamical systems theory