Experts forecast no further pressure from creditors on Greece after Brussels' warning

Greece's creditors urged Athens on Wednesday to speed up the agreed reforms, otherwise it may miss out on measures adding up to 1 billion euros. Meanwhile, experts told Xinhua it is unlikely that pressure on Greece will increase this year.

In the European Semester report the European Commission issued in Brussels, in the context of Greece's second post-bailout assessment, the country is found to have lagged in the implementation of several of the prior actions required, despite the progress its economy has recorded after exiting the bailout program last August.

The Greek government is now facing a race against time to fulfill all 16 requirements before the March 11 Eurogroup meeting of eurozone finance ministers expected to decide on the disbursement of some 750 million euros to Athens from the profits of eurozone central banks's holding of Greek bonds.

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