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International Monetary Fund To Participate For Last Time In Greek Bailout
The International Monetary Fund, a key creditor in Greece's bailout, will not participate in any further rescues of the debt-wracked country, Germany's finance minister told a Greek newspaper Saturday.
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Greece Inks Deal With Creditors to Unlock 12 Billion Euros: Minister
Greece has struck a deal with its international creditors to unblock some 12 billion euros in much-needed loans, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said today after marathon talks.
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Alexis Tsipras Says Debt Relief is Key to Recovery
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told lawmakers on Monday that debt relief is essential for the crisis-hit country to return to growth and regain access to market financing by the first half of 2017.
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European Ministers Confront Greece on Daunting Bailout
Eurozone finance ministers today meet for the first time since Greek voters re-elected leftist premier Alexis Tsipras, who now faces the daunting task of implementing the country's cash-for-reforms bailout deal.
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German Lawmakers Back Third Greek Bailout
German lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of a third Greek bailout on Wednesday, heeding a call from Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to give Greece the chance for a new start, despite his own concerns it might not work.
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Greek Parliament Approves Bailout After All-Night Debate
Greek lawmakers finally voted through the country's third international bailout today after a bitter all-night debate, hours before European finance ministers were due to meet to approve the deal with Germany digging in its heels.
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Alexis Tsipras Says German Plan 'Would Lead to Crisis Without End'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned today that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".
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Greece Officially Requests Fresh IMF Aid: Finance Ministry
Greece has submitted an official request to the International Monetary Fund for a new loan as it seeks a huge third bailout from its creditors, the finance ministry said today.
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Greek Banks Ready to Open Today as Angela Merkel Urges Swift Bailout Talks
Greek banks are ready to open their branches across the country on Monday after a three-week shutdown, officials said, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for swift aid talks so Athens could also lift withdrawal limits.
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German Finance Minister Says Prepared to Resign if Hand Forced in Greece Talks
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is prepared to resign rather than go against his convictions in negotiations on Greece's debt crisis, he said in an interview published today.
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Angela Merkel Urges Conservative MPs to Back Greek Debt Deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Thursday urged conservative lawmakers to back a third debt deal for Greece, on the eve of a key Bundestag vote on the new rescue package.
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Some in German Government Preferred Temporary Grexit, Says German Finance Minister
Some in the German government would have preferred a temporary Greek exit from the euro zone, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said today, without saying if he was among that number.
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Anti-German Backlash as Social Media Tweets Denounce Greece 'Coup'
A list of demands handed to the Greek government in order to secure a European bailout inspired a social media backlash against Germany and its hawkish finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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Eurozone Lists Tough Conditions for Greek Debt Deal
Greece must start to implement tough reforms as early as next week in exchange for a bailout to keep it in the euro, according to proposals drawn up by finance ministers for a eurozone summit on Sunday.
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Greece Talks 'Still Very Difficult, Work in Progress': Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Talks on a new Greek bailout are "very difficult" but eurozone finance ministers are still working for a deal, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Saturday after the discussions were halted for the night.
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International Monetary Fund To Participate For Last Time In Greek Bailout
The International Monetary Fund, a key creditor in Greece's bailout, will not participate in any further rescues of the debt-wracked country, Germany's finance minister told a Greek newspaper Saturday.
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Greece Inks Deal With Creditors to Unlock 12 Billion Euros: Minister
Greece has struck a deal with its international creditors to unblock some 12 billion euros in much-needed loans, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said today after marathon talks.
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Alexis Tsipras Says Debt Relief is Key to Recovery
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told lawmakers on Monday that debt relief is essential for the crisis-hit country to return to growth and regain access to market financing by the first half of 2017.
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European Ministers Confront Greece on Daunting Bailout
Eurozone finance ministers today meet for the first time since Greek voters re-elected leftist premier Alexis Tsipras, who now faces the daunting task of implementing the country's cash-for-reforms bailout deal.
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German Lawmakers Back Third Greek Bailout
German lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of a third Greek bailout on Wednesday, heeding a call from Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to give Greece the chance for a new start, despite his own concerns it might not work.
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Greek Parliament Approves Bailout After All-Night Debate
Greek lawmakers finally voted through the country's third international bailout today after a bitter all-night debate, hours before European finance ministers were due to meet to approve the deal with Germany digging in its heels.
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Alexis Tsipras Says German Plan 'Would Lead to Crisis Without End'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned today that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".
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Greece Officially Requests Fresh IMF Aid: Finance Ministry
Greece has submitted an official request to the International Monetary Fund for a new loan as it seeks a huge third bailout from its creditors, the finance ministry said today.
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Greek Banks Ready to Open Today as Angela Merkel Urges Swift Bailout Talks
Greek banks are ready to open their branches across the country on Monday after a three-week shutdown, officials said, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for swift aid talks so Athens could also lift withdrawal limits.
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German Finance Minister Says Prepared to Resign if Hand Forced in Greece Talks
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is prepared to resign rather than go against his convictions in negotiations on Greece's debt crisis, he said in an interview published today.
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Angela Merkel Urges Conservative MPs to Back Greek Debt Deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Thursday urged conservative lawmakers to back a third debt deal for Greece, on the eve of a key Bundestag vote on the new rescue package.
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Some in German Government Preferred Temporary Grexit, Says German Finance Minister
Some in the German government would have preferred a temporary Greek exit from the euro zone, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said today, without saying if he was among that number.
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Anti-German Backlash as Social Media Tweets Denounce Greece 'Coup'
A list of demands handed to the Greek government in order to secure a European bailout inspired a social media backlash against Germany and its hawkish finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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Eurozone Lists Tough Conditions for Greek Debt Deal
Greece must start to implement tough reforms as early as next week in exchange for a bailout to keep it in the euro, according to proposals drawn up by finance ministers for a eurozone summit on Sunday.
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Greece Talks 'Still Very Difficult, Work in Progress': Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Talks on a new Greek bailout are "very difficult" but eurozone finance ministers are still working for a deal, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Saturday after the discussions were halted for the night.
