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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Eurozone talks end without deal as Greek proposals rejected

Meeting called for Monday as finance ministers still cling to hopes for a deal after brittle summit ends without agreement on debt crisisTalks to end the debt crisis that has engulfed Greece broke up early on Thursday, despite Athens presenting a raft of new reform proposals to eurozone finance ministers in a bid to secure a deal. A summit of eurozone leaders was immediately called for Monday in a bid to find a solution to the mounting crisis.The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, talked for half an hour at the Luxembourg meeting and distributed a five-page memorandum of fresh policy changes, according to sources at the meeting, but failed to persuade the debt-stricken country’s creditors that they could form the basis for an agreement. Continue reading...


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