Greece given six days to improve reforms

Greece has made another plea to the eurozone for cash to avert bankruptcy but has been told to present an improved list of economic reforms within six working days for finance ministers to pave the way for any more lending, EU officials said yesterday.

Athens appealed for liquidity support at a meeting of deputy finance ministers in Brussels on Wednesday night but was told there must, first, be progress on the stalled list of measures to make public finances sustainable.

“From the Greek side, there was a strong statement that liquidity is getting really bad and an appeal to release some type of liquidity support before the eurozone finance ministers’ meeting on April 24,” a eurozone aide said.