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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledged Thursday that his government will pursue reforms in line with commitments to Greece?s creditors after signing an agreement with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development aimed at putting the ailing economy back on track.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker are due to meet in Brussels on Friday morning, the former?s office said on Monday.

 Plan entails 'bridge program' to September, possible use of loan tranche

Government sources Monday gave a preview of the proposal planned for Wednesday?s crucial Eurogroup summit, foreseeing a bridge program linking to a ?new deal? with creditors that would come into force in September and changes to the economic policy mix pursued by previous governments.

The German Hellenic Business Association (DHW) on Friday offered to pay the 15,000 euros needed for Greece to take part in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tests for evaluating education systems, known as PISA.

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has proposed that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) replace the auditors representing Greece?s so-called troika of international creditors, Kathimerini understands.

An oasis of prosperity in struggling Europe, Germany is now the favored location for immigrants on the continent, who continue to skirt crisis-hit southern states, the OECD said in a report Dec. 1.
 
Germany has become the main destination for people freely moving between European Union nations and is also the world's largest recipient of new asylum seekers.

A report by UNICEF published on Tuesday indicated that a global economic crisis that struck in 2008 has had a major impact on child poverty across the world, with children in Greece and several other European countries the hardest hit.

By Dimitra Manifava

Turkey ranks in the bottom third of a new international comparison of the efficiency of educational systems in 30 member countries of the 34-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a recent index.

Turkey ranks in the bottom third of a new international comparison of the efficiency of educational systems in 30 member countries of the 34-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a recent index.