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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Greek finance minister optimistic over deal with EU/IMF lenders, cites convergence

Greece will reach a deal with its international lenders although this may not happen in the upcoming meeting of euro zone finance ministers, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Tuesday citing signs of convergence. "There will be a deal, a comprehensive agreement," Varoufakis told reporters in Athens. "There is clear convergence" he added. Referring to the negotiations Varoufakis said earlier the International Monetary Fund "was demanding the deregulation of the labour market", a market which he said was already hit by a deep recession during the debt crisis.


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