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Greece makes IMF payment, but uncertainty over euro zone future continues

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece, IMF

Greece’s existing cash reserves will reportedly, based on Finance Ministry estimations, be sufficient only until April 24, when the Eurogroup

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The managing director of the International Monetary Fund IMF Christine Lagarde
Europe 

IMF: Greece to make debt payment by Thursday

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015 VOANews Greece, IMF

The head of the International Monetary Fund said after a meeting in Washington with the Greek finance minister that Greece

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Bulgaria 

IMF predicts slower growth, urges Bulgaria to fix banking ‘weaknesses’

March 16, 2015March 18, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that it expected Bulgaria’s economy to grow at a slower rate in 2015

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Europe 

Good news for Ukraine: IMF money, non-lethal aid coming

March 11, 2015 The Kyiv Post IMF, Ukraine

March 11 was a day of good news for Ukraine with the International Monetary Fund approving a $17.5 billion assistance

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Europe 

New IMF report urges Western Balkan countries to complete reform process

March 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, IMF, Macedonia, Serbia

Western Balkan countries have attained major economic achievements in the past 15 years, but need to complete the transition to

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Europe 

IMF agrees to $17.5 billion bailout for Ukraine

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 VOANews IMF, Ukraine

The International Monetary Fund has agreed on a new $17.5 billion bailout deal for Ukraine to help stabilize the country’s

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Europe 

Ukraine asks IMF for new rescue package

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015 VOANews IMF, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new and broader bailout package and will attempt to renegotiate

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Business 

IMF trims global outlook, but still sees growth in 2015

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 VOANews IMF

The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its annual forecast for global economic growth for 2015 as the world faces what

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Europe 

Greece makes last-ditch attempt to strike deal with troika

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, IMF

The Greek government has launched a last-ditch effort to reach a compromise with its lenders that will see the troika

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