Greece Makes Payment to European Central Bank

Greece has repaid $3.5 billion to the European Central Bank, with not a day to spare before the deadline expires. Greece made the payment early Thursday, just hours after European officials disbursed funding from the European Stability Mechanism that will help Athens stay afloat and pay down its debt. On Wednesday German lawmakers voted to approve the $95 billion bailout package. As the largest single contributor to Greece's economic bailout, the German parliament had to approve...

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