Debt relief
IMF's Lagarde not sure yet about debt relief for Greece
It is not clear yet whether Greece needs debt relief, according to International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde.
I would not pass judgment on whether or not debt relief is or is not needed or what form the European support will take, she told journalists in a briefing on Tuesday. I think the jury is out.
Building up to the perfect storm
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IMF official eyes debt relief, political stability for Greece
A spokesman for the International Monetary Fund, one of Greece's three international creditors, acknowledged in comments to reporters late on Thursday that Greek debt is high and added that Greece's eurozone partners had agreed to debt relief.
Greece gears up for debt talks
Stournaras to put forward suggestions on how to reduce annual repayments at Mondays Eurogroup
Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras is due to ask his eurozone counterparts Monday to begin considering further debt relief for Greece, with the government already having drafted a number of options to reduce the repayments the country faces in the years to come.
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Greece to table request for debt relief at May 5 Eurogroup, says Stournaras
Greece will put the issue of further debt relief on the agenda at the May 5 Eurogroup, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told businessmen in Athens on Monday.
Greece makes request for debt relief as loan tranche approved
Greece made its first official request on Thursday for further debt relief as the Euro Working Group (EWG) met in Brussels to rubber-stamp the 2013 primary surplus and approve the release of another 6.3 billion euros in bailout funding.