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Greece's eurozone creditors and the International Monetary Fund are trying to find a last-minute solution to the country's debt mountain so that the IMF contributes financially to the third bailout program. The Greek rescue program ends on Aug. 20 and...

The Washington Group that convened on Thursday in Brussels failed to reach an agreement on the Greek debt relief issue and will be meeting again during the G7 summit in Canada, in early June. According to a Bloomberg report, the...

IMF agreement will not be necessary for a June 21 meeting of eurozone ministers to back Greek debt-repayment measures, it was claimed on Tuesday. Media reports citing an unnamed EU source in Brussels stated that Thursday this week would see...

Time is running out for the financial participation of the Fund in Greece's third bailout program, said International Monetary Fund spokesman Gerry Rice on Thursday in a press briefing. The IMF official said that there are still differences between European...

The International Monetary Fund is pressing Greece's European creditors to agree on a debt relief program as soon as next week to ensure that the fund has enough time to give money to the country. Poul Thomsen, the IMF director...

Eurogroup President Mario Centeno called on Greece to stick to economic reforms and avoid sliding back to policies that will not help the country emerge from the crisis. "Greece needs to take full ownership of the reform program," Centeno said,...

As eurozone finance ministers prepare to meet on Friday, Greece is expecting international creditors to inspect the country more often after its bailout ends in August. In comments to the U.K.'s Financial Times on Thursday, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos...

  As reports from Germany on Thursday appeared to link proposed Greek debt relief with growth rates, a think tank in Athens claimed the economy would again improve in 2018. Data from the Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) predicted 2.1 percent...

Debt relief for Greece will only be provided under strict conditions if it happens at all, Germany's finance ministry has said. Earlier, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that Berlin was opposed to granting debt relief without strict conditions. The financial newspaper...

The International Monetary Fund and the European Union continue to disagree on the Greek debt relief issue, as was shown during the IMF and World Bank spring meeting in Washington. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the two sides attended...