Troika and Greece agree to series of compromises

Work is under way on a new deal between Greece and its troika creditors after both sides agreed to a number of compromises.

Shortly after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sat down to his first EU leaders meeting in Brussels, eurozone president Jeroen Dijsselbloem tweeted that they had agreed to start work on a technical assessment of the current bailout programme and the Athens government’s plans.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny confirmed after the meeting that representatives of the troika will work with Greek officials over the weekend and hope to have made sufficient progress by Monday when eurozone finance ministers meet to discuss it.