EU approves USD 7.8 billion emergency loan to Greece

July 17, 2015 20:41

The EU approved a short-term loan of USD 7.8 billion to Greece allowing it to meet a huge payment to the ECB and repay the IMF while a new bailout is still being ratified, the EU's top official for the euro said today.

"We have an agreement on bridge financing.... This agreement is backed by the 28 member states," Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis told reporters.

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