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Greece: Athens has cut enough to get latest ‘bailout’ payment

GREECE’S creditors have accepted that Athens has done enough to receive the latest €7.5 billion (£6bn) instalment of its “bailout” agreement, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem revealed yesterday.

The sum is part of a total of €10.3bn (£8.1bn) that the 19 eurozone finance ministers approved last month to see Athens through the next months.

Thousands of Greeks protested outside parliament on Wednesday against the “radical left” Syriza-led coalition government after it pushed through legislation offering big investors more than a decade without tax rises in an effort to promote entrepreneurship.

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