Eurozone ministers to examine how to ease Greece's debt burden

Measures such as tweaking repayment terms over the next three years are being considered, but a write-off is off the table

Eurozone finance ministers have promised to examine how to ease Greece's colossal debt burden, with writing off bad loans remaining off the table.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the chair of eurozone finance ministers, said he was hopeful of getting an agreement on Greek debt management in talks on 24 May.

Related: The choice for Europe: rescue Greece or create a failed state | Paul Mason