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The head of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, said the fund would be willing to help Turkey if its finances continue to deteriorate, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not appear eager to ask for assistance.

The government on Monday submitted its application for the early repayment of a costly section of Greece's loans from the International Monetary Fund, as agreed last month between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

Greece, as well as Spain, Italy and Portugal, should fight high youth unemployment levels with labor market reforms, less bureaucracy for business and investment in innovation, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday.

This handout photo taken and released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Oct. 11 shows IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) greeting Pakistan Finance Minister Asad Umar (R) at the Bali Convention Centre during the 2018 IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

This file photo shows Ivanka Trump, Christine Lagarde and Angela Merkel at a panel for W20 Summit 2017 in Berlin.

The head of Greece's  Independent Authority for Public Revenue admitted on Monday that tax authorities can no longer investigate the so-called Lagarde list for possible tax evaders, following two decisions by the Council of State last year.

In June 2017, the administrative court ruled any tax audits conducted that stretch back beyond a five-year limit are unconstitutional.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that a proposed joint euro zone budget could be designed with conditions so that it does not become a no-strings-attached transfer of rich countries’ cash to poorer members.

The International Monetary Fund will remain engaged in Greece in some form, which will most likely become clearer after a June 21 meeting of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Monday.

"We are considering all the options," Lagarde told a news conference with chiefs of other leading economic organizations in Berlin.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on May 10 she is ready to aid Argentina and wants talks on a financing package to be finalized quickly.

With the government's post-bailout narrative in dispute, its foreign policy in doubt and the recent Hellenic Space Agency debacle, speculation about early elections before the end of the year have resurfaced.