'No crisis' on Greece bailout deal, says eurozone chief
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from on (#2C6MS)
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of Eurogroup of finance ministers, says claims of crisis are exaggerated as emergency talks begin
Greece and its EU creditors have been locked in emergency talks, after the head of the eurozone dismissed suggestions that the country's bailout programme was in crisis.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister and president of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, called a surprise meeting with other key players in Brussels on Friday afternoon, as Greece and its EU creditors sought to hammer out a deal on the next stage of the country's a86bn (73bn) bailout.