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Debt forgiveness may not be on the table, but EU leaders are hinting Greece may get more time to pay back its debts. As David Pollard reports, that may be difficult to square with Europe's biggest ecoomy, Germany and its electorate.
The euro zone gave Greece its firmest offer yet of debt relief. As Ivor Bennett reports, finance ministers called the deal a breakthrough as it won a provisional commitment from the IMF to return to taking part in the bailout for Athens.
Greek lawmakers pass a package of unpopular pension and tax reforms that the country's leftist-led government hopes will persuade official creditors to unlock bailout cash. As Ivor Bennett reports, euro zone finance ministers must now decide whether to release the next tranche of bailout aid.
Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos says the country wants a deal on debt relief with its euro zone creditors in the beginning of 2016 to remove once for all financial uncertainty and the 'Grexit 'dragon' and spur economic recovery. As Ivor Bennett reports, his pleas comes as Greek workers stage a second major strike over pension cuts in less than a month.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pleaded for debt relief as he set out the country's debt restructuring proposals in an austere 2016 budget. But will he get it? Sonia Legg reports
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