Greek bailout referendum

Key Points

  1. Voting is underway in the Greek referendum on the terms of the international bailout
  2. Greek government has urged people to vote "No"
  3. Opponents warn a "No" vote could lead to exit from eurozone
  4. All times BST (GMT+1)

Live Reporting

By Claudia Allen & Emma Harrison
All times stated are UK

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The world's media watches

PM Alexis Tsipras voted in Athens surrounded by the world's media.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras casting his vote in Athens
Reuters

'Passion rather than logic'

The economist, Vicky Pryce, told the BBC there is a lot of confusion surrounding the referendum question: 
Nobody would have read that very, very long background paper, two papers behind the question of today. And they'll be voting more in terms of passion rather than logic.

'Not the same rights'

Another Athens voter, Ioannis Nikolaou, disagreed: 
I voted for Tsipras and want to vote 'No' because I've lived in Europe and know what rights Europeans and Greeks have. For that reason alone. They don't have the same rights.

'Work together'

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, a voter in Athens, told the Associated Press news agency that he voted "Yes":
I believe in a democracy, in a united Europe, in a world with a good economy, and I want us all to work together to move forward and not to be retrogressive.

BREAKINGTsipras

PM Alexis Tsipras has arrived at a polling station in Athens to cast his vote.

Army helicopters

The short timescale meant special measures were used to get everything ready.
An official in the local administration on the island of Naxos, Dimitris Lianos, told the BBC:
Usually, when we have Greek elections all this material, all these papers, they come by boats. But due to the fact that this referendum took place in a very short time, they had to use the army helicopters and each island got all these boxes by helicopter.

Short notice

The Greek authorities have not had long to organise this referendum - it was announced by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 27 June.
A man prepares to cast his ballot during a referendum in Athens, Greece (July 5, 2015)
Reuters

'Very proud'

Professor of cultural studies at the University of Melbourne, Nikos Papastergiadis, told the BBC that the large Greek diaspora in Australia are watching events back in their homeland.
We are very concerned about the well-being of our fellow countrymen in Greece, but also very proud of their courage, that they've shown in the face of such adversity, enduring the world's worst recession, and also standing up to this, kind of, bullying activity that's going on from Europe right now. We are very proud indeed of the courage and absolute resistance that's been shown to policies that have been proven to be a failure in Greece.

The referendum - in numbers

The BBC's Ros Atkins takes a look at the numbers behind the debt crisis vote here .

Grexit?

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said the poll will essentially amount to an "in/out" vote on Grexit - whether Greece should leave the eurozone.
The Greek government denies it amounts to a vote on Greece's place in the euro.

The question...

It's not short
Here's the wording of the question facing Greek voters today. For those who can't read Greek, a translation and full explanation is  here .
Question on ballot paper with yes and no boxes
BBC

Families vote

A child casting her grandmother's ballot in Athens, Greece
Reuters
A child casts her grandmother's ballot during the referendum vote in Athens.
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