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Mr. Gkoutzinis added that for investor confidence in the Greek market to be rekindled, the risk of Greece exiting the eurozone, and the risk of Greece defaulting on its financial liabilities would need to be off the table “once and for all”.

An IMF official said the Fund would approve new loans for Greece only if Athens reached a deal with European governments that would ensure it can pay its debts, and there was “no expectation” that talks over the next couple of weeks would get to the point where the...

But a European source said it was not yet confirmed that the talks would begin Friday, adding that at most “only a few people” from the so-called troika of creditors would arrive before the weekend.

ATHENS, July 31 Greece’s ruling Syriza party on Thursday backed a call from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for an emergency party congress, as he sought to assert authority following a revolt by hardliners on his handling of bailout talks. European governments have resisted...

TEHRAN -France sought to revive its relations with Iran on Wednesday, extending an invitation to President Hassan Rohani to visit Paris in November, a gesture that follows this month’s historic nuclear deal.

“We are satisfied with the smooth and constructive cooperation with the Greek authorities, and that should now allow us to progress as swiftly as possible”, Mina Andreeva, a European Commission spokeswoman, said in Brussels.

“I would be the last person to want elections, if I had the secured parliamentary majority to make it through to the end of the four-year term”, he said in an interview with Sto Kokkino radio station.

Earlier, Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said they were exploring cooperation in key areas such as the fight against Islamic State militants now that the nuclear deal has been struck. In September, Austrian President Heinz Fischer plans to visit Iran,...

Uefa president Michel Platini says he has “weighed up the future of football” after confirming he will be a candidate to be the next president of Fifa. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Platini has not announced his candidacy.

“It is necessary to secure that this “game” won’t happen again during coming discussions about the form of the third aid package for Greece”.

The third bailout for Greece that was agreed upon in the eurozone and euro summit agreements last week in Brussels- and approved by the Greek Parliament, call for €86 billion in new loans for Greece and assumes some of the financing from the worldwide Monetary Fund.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out “a classic haircut” – a markdown of Greece’s debts.