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EU Source: Greek Bailout Exit in Sight

Associated Press (AP) is reporting a senior EU official in Brussels saying Greece is close to exiting its bailout program. Speaking anonymously on Thursday ahead of a major Eurogroup meeting next week, the official told AP there was "a great willingness...

€6-7B Greek Bailout Tranche Set for Late January

    The next Greek bailout tranche, worth 6 to 7 billion euros, is expected to be disbursed in late January, provided that 55 agreed-upon measures are undertaken by the Greek government by that time. A Eurogroup source told the Athens -...

Bloomberg: 10 Steps Road Map for Greece to Exit Bailout Program in August

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his MPs keep repeating that the completion of the bailout program in August will mark the end of the memoranda that caused so much suffering to the Greek people. However, there are those who...

New Eurogroup Chief: Debt Relief for Greece Only After Completion of Program

Greece needs to fully complete its current bailout program before the country receives any relief on its huge debt pile, the new Eurogroup president told CNBC. Speaking to CNBC in an exclusive interview, Mario Centeno, the incoming chief of the...

Eurogroup Approves Staff-Level Agreement for Greece

Eurozone finance ministers have approved the staff-level agreement (SLA) for the third review of the Greek programme on Monday. The SLA was agreed upon by Greek authorities and the institutions' missions in Athens on Saturday. Outgoing Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem expressed...

Portugal’s Centeno Elected new Chief of Eurogroup

Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno has been elected the new head of the so-called eurogroup, the body made up of the single currency bloc's finance ministers. In a tweet following the election, the European Union said he had been elected...

Four Candidates Compete to Lead Eurogroup in post-Dijsselbloem Era

Eurozone finance ministers pick the replacement for Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Monday (4 December), with four countries; led by Portugal, battling for the challenge of guiding the eurozone currency bloc through much needed reforms. Finance ministers from Latvia, Luxembourg,...

Staff Level Agreement for Greece to be Reached Before Dec. 4 Eurogroup

On Monday, the Euro Working Group expressed their belief that a staff level agreement on the third bailout program review between Greece and her creditors, would be reached before the December 4 Eurogroup. According to an Athens Macedonia News Agency report citing...

Greek FinMin: Nothing will be the Same Without Schaeuble

Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos wrote "Nothing will be the same" on the EU flag, as a farewell note to departing German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, on Monday. Monday's Eurogroup in Luxembourg ended with a sentimental note as Schaeuble participated...

Moscovici Says Institutions Should Return to Athens on Oct. 23

The mission chiefs of the institutions should be in Athens for the third program review on the 23rd of October, the EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Monday, during a press conference after the end...