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EU: Greece Creditors due in Athens 'in Coming Days' |
2015-07-25 |
![]() The officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund are due in Athens after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed to start talks on a new bailout for Greece. "The institutions are expected in the coming days," a spokeswoman for the Commission told AFP, without giving further details of a likely arrival time. A source close to the negotiations added: "The mission is being prepared. We are still discussing a location (for the negotiations) as we have to find an accessible place to work, near the ministries." A second source spoke of "logistical problems." The Greek government kicked out what was previously known as the "troika" of creditors, who are widely loathed in Greece, after the election of Tsipras and his Syriza party on an anti-austerity platform in January. The aim of the new cycle of talks is to finalize a third international bailout for debt-stricken Greece by August 20, when it has to pay more than 3.0 billion euros to the ECB, followed by a 1.5 billion euros payment to the IMF in September. Tsipras and his eurozone partners reached a deal at an all-night summit on July 12-13 to give Greece a new rescue program in exchange for tough reform conditions, including the return of the creditors to Athens. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 Pay up or we'll outsource collection calls to every Greek with a phone to India which has callers that can call at anytime of the day and repeatedly during the day. Poros revenged. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-07-25 15:39 |
#5 #4 So England is going to take back the Elgin Marbles? No, I think the Greeks have permanently lost their marbles. |
Posted by: charge 2015-07-25 13:21 |
#4 So England is going to take back the Elgin Marbles? Or how do you foreclose on the Erechtian or the Propaleya? |
Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-07-25 11:08 |
#3 No, Raj, there are still some things of value in Greece that aren't actually attached to the landscape. Statues and such. Then there's the possibility of goading the government into a 'firesale' of some of those picturesque islands. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2015-07-25 09:54 |
#2 Things have to become a lot worse, before they become better, Raj. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-07-25 04:41 |
#1 Love the pic, which is perfectly emblematic of the ridiculous dog & pony show involving Greece & the EU. Just kick the fucking Greeks out already & be done with it. |
Posted by: Raj 2015-07-25 00:38 |