Greece on Thursday repaid (9 April) €448 million to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), amid ongoing talks in the EU capital, Brussels, on proposed reforms and extra bailout funds.
The IMF installment is repayment of a loan from the first Greek bailout in 2010 and part of €3 billion of total loan and bond payments due this month.
Greece needs to pay a further €1 billion in May and fund €1.5 billion of civil servants’ salaries and pensions each month.
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