Greece 'turning a page' as eurozone agrees deal to end financial crisis
by Jon Henley, Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Helena S from on (#3SV4B)
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Greece's government has said the country is "turning a page" after eurozone member states reached an agreement on the final elements of a plan to make its massive debt pile more manageable, ending an eight-year bailout programme.
"I have to say the Greek government is happy with this deal," the finance minister, Euclid Tsakalotos, said on Friday. "But at the same time, this government will not forget what the Greek people went through in the past eight years."
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