Off the wire
• UN chief relieved over starting of school year for Palestine children  • LME base metals end higher mostly on Wednesday  • Hackers leak 36 million user information of cheating site AshelyMadison  • WHO provides emergency health services to internally displaced persons in South Sudan  • FTSE 100 drops on Glencore, US inflation  • U.S. consumer prices rise 0.1 pct in July  • Sri Lanka's ruling party pledges to work closely with China  • (Sports)ICC allows Pakistani cricketers Asif, Butt to play competitive matches  • Pakistan summons Indian envoy over killing of two civilians  • China-funded road officially opened in Namibia  
You are here: 　 Home

Urgent: ESM approves Greek third bailout plan, to unlock first 13 bln euros

Xinhua, August 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on Wednesday approved Greece's third bailout package, unlocking a first batch of 13 billion euros a day before Greece must repay a 3.2-billion-euro loan to the European Central Bank.

ESM's board of governors, comprising finance ministers of the 19-country Eurozone made the decision after a teleconference. Endit