Euro zone agrees to disburse 970 million euro grant to Greece

BUCHAREST - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to disburse 970 million euros as a grant to Greece as part of a post-bailout program of monitoring reforms, euro zone officials said.

“We encouraged the Greek authorities to continue the implementation of all key reforms,” the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Mario Centeno told a news conference. Yields of Greek benchmark 10-year bonds fell from 3.609 pct at opening on Friday to 3.511 percent on the news before rebounding to 3.544 percent.

Euro Zone gives Greece 970 million euro Grant as EU does not want to unravel with Greece & England leaving together!

So how much will British taxpayers be expected to cough up for this?

This was promised to Greece YEARS ago, and should have been disbursed to Greece YEARS ago.

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