ATHENS: Greece’s new anti-austerity government faced a deadline on Monday to provide international creditors with firm reform commitments to justify a four-month extension of the country’s lifeline debt bailout.

If the measures fail to convince, Greece’s safety net will lapse on Saturday and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s one-month-old administration risks running out of cash, a run on banks and even a eurozone exit.

Premium + Digital Edition

Ad-free access


P 80 per month
(billed annually at P 960)
  • Unlimited ad-free access to website articles
  • Limited offer: Subscribe today and get digital edition access for free (accessible with up to 3 devices)

TRY FREE FOR 14 DAYS
See details
See details