Greek debt talks go into weekend

“Crucial” issues remain to be resolved in Greece’s critical negotiations over a second multi-billion euro international bailout as talks continue today.

A long-anticipated bond swap deal was now the easier part of the process in securing continued funding for the country, finance minister Evangelos Venizelos said after marathon talks with debt inspectors from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, known as the troika.