LIVE: Athenians head to the polls for bailout referendum

Iniciado a 05/07/2015

The first Athenians head to the polls on Sunday, July 5, to submit their ‘yes’ or ‘no’ votes in the referendum that is giving the Greek people the right to choose whether to accept to bailout conditions of the institutions. The polls open at 04:00 GMT.

The government's current bailout expired on Tuesday, June 30, when the country was due to pay the IMF €1.6bn (£1.1bn), a payment they failed to meet.

A 'no' vote by the Greek people would reject new austerity measures that are demanded by Greece's creditors – the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission (EC) - while a 'yes' would accept the institutions' course for a new Greek bailout package.

The Greek government closed the country's banks and imposed capital controls on withdrawals until July 6, the day after Greeks are due to vote in the referendum.

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