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Third review

Wave of Strikes Bring Greece to a Standstill

Greek Trade Unions are escalating their opposition to a series of reforms required for a third bailout review staging a series of strikes that would paralyze Athens and other cities on Monday. Timed to coincide with a parliamentary vote on...

Strikes to Bring Greece to Standstill on Friday

  Greek transport workers and doctors in public hospitals will join seamen in a 24-hour strike on Friday, as labor unions escalate their opposition to a raft of proposed reforms going through the country’s parliament. The reforms contained in a 400-article,...

Greece to Table Bill Aiming to Complete Third Review by Jan. 22

The omnibus bill containing the prior actions required to compete Greece's third program review, will be tabled in parliament next week and will likely be debated in a fast-track procedure, a parliamentary source said on Wednesday. According to the source,...

Greece Reaches Deal with Creditors on Reforms under Bailout Review

Greece and its international creditors agreed on a set of economic reforms the country must undertake in exchange for fresh loans. The agreement on a range of often politically sensitive measures - covering fiscal issues, energy and labor market reforms,...

Talks on Greece's Third Review Going 'Impressively Smoothly'

A senior Eurozone official said on Friday that there has been major progress in talks to complete the third review of Greece's programme, with hopes that a staff-level agreement will be reached before the Eurogroup on December 4. "Up until...

Troika Returns to Greece for Third Program Review

The heads of the institutions' missions in Athens are to return to the Greek capital on Tuesday, with the purpose of achieving progress in the third program review, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday. The return of the...

Troika Returns to Athens for New Round of Talks

Talks between Greece's creditors and the government on concluding the third review of the Greek program are due to begin today (Monday), when the heads of the institutions' missions return to Athens. This will be the first round of negotiations,...

Lagarde and Tsakalotos Agree on Timely Completion of Greek Third Review

Christine Lagarde and Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos agreed that a timely completion of the third review of the Greek bailout is essential for discussions on debt restructuring to gather pace. The Managing Director met Tsakalotos at the IMF headquarters...

Greek FinMin Tsakalotos: The Third Review will Conclude on Time

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos referred to the new environment created for the Greek economy, the conclusion of the third review and the country's exit from the crisis in an interview with the Sunday newspaper Nea Selida. Tsakalotos expressed his certainty...

Tsipras Vows to Complete Third Review of Bailout Rapidly

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed to take all necessary measures in order to complete the third bailout review. Speaking at a press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair, Tsipras said that "in relation to the third review, we are...