Greece has reached a deal with its international lenders on a review of the country’s austerity program, finance minister Yiannis Stournaras said on Monday.
“We have a deal,” Stournaras told reporters on the sidelines of an Athens conference.
An agreement was clinched over the weekend, when the two sides settled the issue of how to reduce the number of civil servants.
Some 25,000 public workers are to be place in a labor reserve or a mobility scheme this year and next, with 15,000 bureaucrats losing their jobs.
Those leaving the civil service will include public servants close to retirement age and those who have breached the code of conduct.
(source: Reuters)
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