“I’m sorry to say that the review is not yet concluded, and further work is needed in Greece before the Troika can return to Athens,” said Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem at a news conference following Monday’s Eurogroup meeting.
Greece's primary budget surplus for 2013 may exceed previous forecasts and top 1 billion euros ($1.37 billion), a senior finance ministry official said on Tuesday.
Public sector layoffs will be concluded at the end of 2014, according to administrative reform minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who added that the public sector layoffs "have been allocated throughout the year and will be concluded at the end of 2014.”