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Greek premier: Debt agreement reached
Feb 9, 2012, 15:21 GMT
Athens - The office of Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Thursday said an agreement between international lenders and government coalition leaders on new cutbacks had been reached.
'Negotiations between the Greek government and the European Union, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank were successfully concluded this morning,' a statement said.
'There is a general agreement on the content' of Greece's new austerity programme, it added.
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