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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is under pressure to present a concrete list of reform in order to free up bailout money (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

EU offers €2bn in unspent aid to Greece

The EU is to send Greece €2bn this year to be used to combat the country's social crisis, while a mini-meeting to discuss the country's problems is being hailed as having cleared the air after a fractious few weeks.

EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker Friday (20 March) said Greece has a "humanitarian crisis" and that he has asked euro commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis to look into how the money - unused development funds - can be better "absorbed" by the country.

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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is under pressure to present a concrete list of reform in order to free up bailout money (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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