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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-06-01
CONTENTS
[01] Loan installment of 7.5 bln will be disbursed by June 13, finance
ministry source says
[02] Former employees of Athens Ledra Hotel meet ministry official
during rally
[01] Loan installment of 7.5 bln will be disbursed by June 13, finance
ministry source says
The first installment of loan tranches to Greece, amounting to 7.5
billion euros, will be disbursed by June 13, a finance ministry source
said on Wednesday.
"We are ready for the disbursement of the installment. I expect the
installment will be disbursed on Monday week," he said.
According to the same official, before the European Stability Mechanism
decides the disbursement of the specific installment, which is the first
out of a total of 10.3-billion-euro loan tranche, the institutions must
write an implementation report and the memorandum documents must be
ratified by five EU member-state parliaments.
The source said there was not yet any agreement with the institutions
regarding non-performing loans guaranteed by the Greek state, noting that
this issue might be left until later or possibly discussed in a video
conference call between the institutions and Finance Minister Euclid
Tsakalotos, given that Economy Minister George Stathakis was going to
be in Paris for an OECD meeting.
[02] Former employees of Athens Ledra Hotel meet ministry official
during rally
Dozens of former employees of the Athens Ledra Hotel held a protest
rally outside the labour ministry on Wednesday, a day after the company
owner and manager of the hotel announced it is closing down due to
accumulated debts.
A delegation of the protesters met with the general secretary of the
ministry, Andreas Nefeloudis, who said the ministry will speed up the
payment of the unemployment benefit and an additional assistance of 1,000
euros. The delegation also said Nefeloudis told them the ministry will
do all it can to impede the sale of the hotel.
A trilateral meeting between the ministry, the company and the employees
has been scheduled for June 6, at 11:00 (local).
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