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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-12-19Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Third instalment of IMF loan approvedThe International Monetary Fund has agreed to release the third instalment of a loan to Greece, amounting to 2.5 billion euro. The decision was taken during a meeting of the IMF board on Friday that carried out a second review of the Greek economy's performance and also discussed the possibility of extending the repayment of the loans to Greece.With the release of the third instalment, the total amount loaned to Greece so far comes to 10.5 billion euro. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] PM calls for discussion on revised Lisbon Treaty(ANA-MPA) Prime Minister George Papandreou has proposed the start of a campaign to collect up to a million signatures in favour of an official discussion within the European Union on a new and revised Lisbon Treaty.Papandreou put the idea forward on Saturday, during a meeting of ruling PASOK's Parliamentary group before the start of the debate on the 2011 budget, saying that such an initiative would be addressed to all European citizens, trade unions, national parliaments and non-governmental organisations. (ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [03] Debate on 2011 budget beginsANA-MPA - The five-day debate on the 2011 budget will resume in Greek Parliament at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday after the opening speeches delivered on Saturday by the rapporteurs of all the political parties represented in Parliament.In general terms, the government has defended the new budget and the opposition parties have largely rejected it as fake. (ANA-MPA) The debate will close shortly before midnight on Wednesday with an address by Prime Minister George Papandreou and a roll-call vote will begin at precisely 12:00. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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