Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-05-17

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Tsipras, Merkel agree on the need to find a solution on the Greek debt at the Eurogroup

[02] It is estimated that Greece can tap the markets in summer

[03] Draft law on agreement ratification to be discussed in parliament plenary

[01] Tsipras, Merkel agree on the need to find a solution on the Greek debt at the Eurogroup

According to the prime minister's press office, Tsipras had a phone contact with Merkel on Tuesday to discuss the Greek issue. The two leaders agreed on finding a solution at the next Eurogroup.

They also discussed the refugee issue and the EU-Turkey relations.

The Greek prime minister also had a phone contact with the Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades to discuss the Cyprus issue.

[02] It is estimated that Greece can tap the markets in summer

As they said, Greece meets all its commitments with the voting of the omnibus bill in the parliament and it is now the creditors' turn to implement their own commitments.

It is estimated that after Greece's participation in the ECB's quantitative easing program, the central bank will buy bonds of around three billion euros, boosting the liquidity of banks in order to finance the real economy, households and businesses.

The most important of all is, however, that it will give a signal of stability to the markets and allow Greece to tap the markets for the first time since 2014.

[03] Draft law on agreement ratification to be discussed in parliament plenary

The bill was voted by a majority in the parliamentary committees on Tuesday.

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