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The Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) is organizing a public debate, in English, at the Aigli conference center at Zappeio, to coincide with the presentation of the book "EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts" by Ashoka Mody.

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri said on Aug. 29 that the International Monetary Fund has agreed to accelerate funding in support of his government's austerity program, but the move did little to calm the market as the country's currency came under renewed pressure.

Greece has finally exited its bailout on Monday, after eight long years under EU-IMF supervision. Rather than being a success, however, its experience clearly demonstrates the limits of the International Monetary Fund's involvement in Europe's affairs.

"It is a national and pressing necessity for us to formally ask our partners for the activation of the support mechanism, which we jointly created in the European Union." Greeks are unlikely to forget the scene of George Papandreou standing in the springtime sun against the backdrop of Kastelorizo island's picturesque harbor announcing the country's recourse to its new creditors: the member-sta

Bob Traa, the first International Monetary Fund representative in Greece after the country signed its first bailout program, has blamed the Greek political system for failing both to introduce the necessary reforms in the early stages of the program and to forge a degree of political consensus to deal with serious matters.

Turkey has not asked for any financial aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the fund said in a statement.

The European Commission on Wednesday defended the Greek debt relief measures that the Eurogroup decided in June, in a manner of response to the International Monetary Fund, which had deemed the debt easing inadequate to render the debt sustainable in the long term.

Eurozone debt relief for Greece has made its huge public debt sustainable over the medium term, but optimistic assumptions on Greek growth and primary surplus well into the future are making debt sustainability uncertain in the long-term, the IMF said.

this is primarily thanks to a reduced share of public debt in Serbia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as well as the more frequent use of the dinar in transactions, Beta agency is reporting.

A day of losses from start to finish sealed the fate of another week of devaluation on the Greek stock market, with the benchmark only just staying above the 750-point level and trading volume remaining below 20 million euros for yet another session.