Greek bailout drama 'in last throes' but the hardship is not over yet
by Helena Smith in Athens from Economics | The Guardian on (#3WNPP)
Final a15bn loan brings new era, says Tsipras, though IMF views GDP growth forecasts as 'very ambitious'
After nearly nine crisis-filled years, relentless austerity and four governments, Greece will next week exit its third bailout programme - in contrast to the economic crisis enveloping Turkey.
On 20 August, at midnight, Athens will reclaim its sovereignty in what the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has called a transcendent moment for the debt-stricken nation.
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