Antonis Samaras, Greek PM, Talks Of Rebirth As EU And IMF Agree To Release Loans

Euphoria In Greece As EU, IMF Agree To Release Loans
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left, arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The prospect of failure hangs over a European Union leaders summit intended to lay out the 27-country blocs long-term spending plans. While heavyweights like Britain and France are pulling in opposite directions, smaller members are threatening to veto a deal to make themselves heard. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left, arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The prospect of failure hangs over a European Union leaders summit intended to lay out the 27-country blocs long-term spending plans. While heavyweights like Britain and France are pulling in opposite directions, smaller members are threatening to veto a deal to make themselves heard. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

After months of drama in the eurozone and its own solvency hanging by a thread, Greece reacted with euphoria on Tuesday at the news that international creditors had decided to not only revitalise its rescue programme, releasing long-overdue aid, but cut €40bn (£32bn) from its debt mountain.

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