"The Greek Minister of Finance seeks to repay the remaining credits of the IMF, proving that the time of crisis has finally passed," German newspaper Handelsblatt writes in a response from Athens entitled "Early repayment".

Greece on Friday paid 348 million euros for the repayment of the second part of the loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that falls due this March, following a decision by the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA).