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EU States Agree to Put Off End to Mobile Roaming Charges Until 2018

EU member states on Wednesday proposed to postpone scrapping mobile roaming charges by three years until 2018 at least.

At present, mobile phone customers in the EU face extra roaming charges for calls, text messages or internet usage in member states other than their own. 

Juncker, Merkel Play Down Talk of Third Greek Bailout

It is "premature" to talk of a third bailout for Greece, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday, playing down talk of a new rescue package being considered for the debt-ridden eurozone member.

"We are going to focus on implementing what was agreed in the Eurogroup," Juncker said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels.

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