Thursday, August 20, 2015

Greece repays crucial debt to European Central Bank

Greece has repaid a crucial debt installment to the European Central Bank after receiving the first slice of its third bailout fund.

Although the deadline has passed relatively calmly, a default by Greece would have forced the country to exit the single currency euro.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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