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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Finance ministers meet for 'exceptionally difficult' talks on Greece

(Reuters) - Following is the latest news on Greece's debt crisis as European finance ministers gather on Saturday to decide whether to negotiate a third bailout for Greece after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won lawmakers' backing for painful austerity measures. Saturday 1833 - Euro zone finance ministers demand Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he wants them to open negotiations on a third bailout for his bankrupt country to keep it in the euro, sources say. 1811 - Capital controls imposed on Greece's banks will remain in place for at least another two months, Economy Minister George Stathakis says.


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