. form stop paying off greece receives more funds to help the country servicing its debts but does that mean the economy is on the mend we speak to our correspondent in athens also on the show japan's aging society has led to a shortage of human care workers it's time for. and her friends feel the nesting. welcome to d.w. business so fresh farms for greece the euro zone's a bailout fund has approved a six point seven billion euro loan installment that's after the greek government enacted painful reforms finally meeting the conditions to unlock those funds a first tranche of five point seven billion euros is due to be paid today the rest could follow in may athens has received financial aid from eurozone countries and the international monetary fund since two thousand and ten now the third rescue package amounts to eighty six billion euros and it runs until august twenty eighth seen greece's total debt is around three hundred twenty billion euros that's about one hundred and seventy six percent of its economic output but the economy is growing for the first time in ten years unemployment

amid expectations of another boom year for tourism in greece. well maybe greece is on track to exit the used bailout program this some about problems remain the financial crisis has wide downs a quarter of the economy but there was some success stories. until the crisis manufacturing was booming in this industrial area north of the greek city of the seventy now almost half the factories of had to shut down one of the few survivors is a family run company pyramus for sixty years they've been building stainless steel sinks the late company founder alexandros bucket c.l.'s invested in modern technology and focused his business on export the company has nine subsidiaries across europe and dk it is an important client that's how pyramus navigated safely through the crisis nikolaus bucket silis is proud. we produce between six and seven thousand six for a day and over the last ten years we're first if someone in the region know four hundred million euros so that we remain competitive by introducing robotics and automation simultaneously investing in the company and paying back loans was a tri

in greece but years later the greek economy does appear to be recovering and sure is taking the credit for it to buy stuff you know this means that this is proof the top policy to stabilize the has been a success. the reason is that we've managed after eight years of crisis in the eurozone despite some doubts to keep the euro stable. and odo so it's quite a good conclusion for me to have in this is ok for me. and that's good oh absolutely. now it's. one thing he's already revealed is that he'd like to keep the balance budgets brought about by his predecessor. it is set up to be one of the biggest corporate takeovers ever but the tie of chemical giants buyer in monsanto apparently has run into a snag the news agency bloomberg reports that u.s. officials are increasingly worried the merger would be bad for competition talks between the two companies are ongoing and reportedly buyers working to ease concerns in washington from the companies are not commenting on the report. for more let's bring in our wall street correspondent so if so if china has given its thumbs up to the merger

criticized especially in greece but years later the greek economy does appear to be recovering and schauble is taking the credit for us. you know this is where we're going to hear yesterday's your this is proof that our policy to stabilize the euro has been a success and that we've managed after eight years of crisis in the eurozone and despite some doubts to keep the euro stable so it's quite a good conclusion for me to hear. now it's all of show to turn one thing he's already revealed is that he'd like to keep that balanced budget by his predecessor. now to a look at russia's economy on the part military spending plays into this engine production plant in the russian city of specializes in military machinery among its most important customers is the russian government and it has the money the economy grew by one point five percent last year. russia's economic growth is mostly down to the recovery in the global economy and the associated recovery in the price of commodities like oil and natural gas russia is heavily reliant on income from oil and gas forty to fifty percent of that

in greece's total debt is around three hundred twenty billion euros that's about one hundred seventy six percent of its economic output but the economy is growing for the first time in ten years unemployment is down but still at twenty point nine percent and many greeks only work part time and don't earn much overall that means that despite hopes of an upward trend the reality for ordinary people may not be improving but it appears that reforms are taking hold. top stories saudi arabia and japanese electronics giant softbank group are joining forces to create a two hundred billion dollars solar power development both sides signed a preliminary agreement for a series of solar parks in the desert kingdom by twenty thirty it will have a capacity of two hundred gigawatts to give you an idea of the scale that's a hundred times more than the next biggest solar project in the world softbank your sunset ample sunshine as well as engineers and workers in the country make the for a into solar lucrative. prince mohamed bin salman has thrown his support behind the project which is expect

euro tranche on wednesday remaining billion could be released in may if greece manages to make progress in reducing areas. folks are in my face an expensive lawsuit in yet another country more than fifty thousand british car owners are now taking legal action following the emissions scandal it could become the largest group action in british legal history this three day hearing now underway at london's high court will determine whether the claims can be managed collectively in the u.s. v.w. has already agreed to pay up to twenty five billion dollars to settle claims from v.w. all the world's biggest comic has come a come and if you let the software in around eleven million cars worldwide. i mean while impending diesel bans in german cities could shift the problem of air pollution to eastern european countries because german does alone is increasingly seek to sell their vehicles rather than sent them to the junkyard. smog in poland it's not just the cold heating that sends large amounts of microscopic pollution particles into the atmosphere many cars in eastern europe to diesels

was heavily criticized especially in greece but years later the greek economy does appear to be recovering and surely is taking the credit for it you guys you know this is over this is proof of the talking policy to stabilize the year i've been a success here the reason is that we've managed after eight years of crisis in the eurozone despite some doubts to keep the euro stable. to modo so it's quite a good conclusion for me to finish this off for me you're going to go to our source now it's all up shots is. one thing he's already revealed is that he'd like to keep the balanced budget brought about by his predecessor. so what can we expect from germany's new finance minister let's talk about that with peter brook a finance and banking professor at one harvey university good to have you with us well thanks joy blip was much criticised but it was also very much respected by the financial world how will that world receive. well with expectations that he won't change very much in this respect and all those these are social democrats and that might have a tendency towards bamidele ma

more important the most important risk for the eurozone it's not located just know in greece it's a located in italy does it banking systems they started too late to clean up the balance sheets of the banks so they're very keen on this and again compadre is island for example that a lot to do and they started too late and know we have this this discussion in which governments they will able to stop this very tough job and very briefly what does this mean then for you find out childre form with the uncertainty that initially yeah that mean that they want hand we have to decide about the medium term financial plans of its next seven year plan i think it will evolve and able to pay more seriously they will ask for subsidies ever asked for support and this would be more controversial than with a more central based government here and who to economist and director of the german economic institute in cologne thank you you know like a. well could jump cuts the india at the european plane maker and bus a french magazine reports the group could shed some three thousand six hundred jobs they

greece is money for greece more money sara indeed the eurozone bailout fund has approved a six point seven billion euro loan installment and that after the greek government acted painful reforms finally meeting the conditions to unlock those funds a first tranche of five point seven billion euros is due to be paid today the rest could follow in may athens has received financial aid from eurozone countries and the international monetary fund since two thousand and ten and the third rescue package amounts to eighty six billion euros it runs until august twenty eighth in greece's debt the total debt is around three hundred twenty billion euros and that's about one hundred seventy six percent of its economic output but the economy is growing for the first time in ten years for unemployment is down to twenty point nine percent still many greeks only work part time and they don't earn much that means that despite hopes of an upward trend the reality for ordinary people may not be improving but it appears that reforms taking hold so is greece finally on the mend that's what i asked andy car

hungry brazil. and mand of a get that revenge and i came right find out we're heading to greece there now are no revenge there in fact more funds for greece are of the euro zone's a bailout fund has approved a six point seven billion euros loan installment that's after the greek government in active painful reforms finally meeting the conditions to unlock those funds and a first tranche of five point seven billion euros is due to be paid today the rest could follow it may now athens has received financial aid from eurozone countries and the international monetary fund since two thousand and ten the third rescue package amounts to eighty six billion euros and it runs until august twenty eight hundred or a few more months greece's total debt is around three hundred twenty billion euros and that's about one hundred seventy six percent of its economic output but the economy is growing for the first time in ten years unemployment is down to twenty point two nine percent still many greeks only work part time and they don't much so that means that despite hopes of an upward trend the r

greece whether it's ireland we've seen economic collapse and troikas and outside bodies oversight fiscal stability boards coming in fiscal control boards and this situation coming in and occupying economically at least and that's really all that matters financial repression you know whether it's in the you. us when they artificially drop interest rates down to below market rates or whether you're in greece where you have the troika as it's known and now here we are forced to recall what the hunt as it's being called around the world there's always a battle going on with the central bankers and the commercial bankers always trying to repress the population in one way or another recall the global insurrection against banker occupation we've been saying this for years on the show so now we're going to look at it from the puerto rican perspective they are similarly being repressed by the overlords of finance and they are reacting in a very specific for to reka way a lot of salsa a lot of beans and rice lot of dancing lot of sunshine and a lot of crypto baby by the way they are america

between ireland between greece between here ireland went bust because of those banks the golden circle of bankers who lent each other money and it was all basically private debt owned by a bank without even any retail deposits and the european union the e.c.b. forced the irish people to basically bail out this private bank in greece yes they did borrow so much money and that was because of the e.c.b. because of the euro zone and everybody lent money to them cheaper than it should have been you know what happened in puerto rico is that they had since one nine hundred seventeen in the jones act they had the chip exam tax bonds so tell us about that because you sold those on wall street what happened there i said it's a toxic debt dump because on wall street you can always sell a puerto rico triple tax free double be rated bond to mr or mrs shorts out along on . and for that tax free equivalents you know you say it's taxable equivalent of seven percent on your money dr schwartz dentist in bay city and you know you just sell those all day long it's an easy trade to do and they just

has been sentenced to life in prison he came to germany from greece where he'd already been released after serving two years of a ten year sentence for attempted murder then he killed a teenage student in the city of freiburg critics said the case showed the german government and the european union failed to adequately monitor refugees coming into the block. our political correspondent kate brady has been following the story for us hi kate so hussein kay was sentenced to life in prison tell us what this verdict needs exactly so life in prison in japanese actually fifteen he is so in favor he could have been released in fifteen years' time but actually that's already been rolled out he's also been sentenced to preventive detention and that largely comes off the back of this evidence that was given in court from a psychiatrist who said that he was likely to commit a similar crime again of course we also heard in that report that he had previously pushed another woman off of a cliff in call food a few years earlier but the important point here is that he was in fact sentenced and tried

turn up the heat on kurdish fighters football's governing body warns greece it could be thrown out after a club owner came onto the pitch with a gun. persons government has announced the range of measures against russia in response to the nerve gas poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in southern england last week prime minister to resign may said the only conclusion was that the russian state is responsible she told parliament the u.k. will expel twenty three russian diplomats alleged to be undeclared intelligence officers giving them just a week to leave may said the u.k. will suspend all high level bilateral contacts with russia and cancel a planned visit by russian foreign minister sergey lavrov ministers and members of the royal family will also boy called russia's world cup in june three some may also said the government would freeze russian state assets if there is evidence they may be used to threaten the life or property of u.k. nationals or residence where the u.k. is also called an emergency un security council session in a few hours time threesome a told

concerns about immigration not least because the man was convicted of attempted murder in greece before arriving here judges though have sent a powerful message that germany won't be lenient with new arrivals. it's the most severe penalty a german court can impose a life sentence and preventive detention afterwards for the perpetrator the courtroom the f. gun migron plant the crime try to cover it up and accepted the likelihood of the victim's death her parents lawyer said he was satisfied with the verdict. as to determining the severity of the crime it was important to hear this it must be said that this is a murder case in which the severity considerably goes beyond that of other cases to put us in those key twists since. october two thousand and sixteen it was here at the riverbank in the city zero five book that the perpetrator attacked his victim he pushed the medical student off her bike sexually assaulted her then threw her into the river the case hiking to debate over germany's refugee policy someone seeking protection had committed murder the right wing populist alternative for

two german journalists who were arrested on friday in greece have been released the pad be making a t.v. report about migrants in a region close to greece's border with turkey when they mistakenly and to the restricted military area greek or. that it was satisfied that the journalists and accidentally. trade chiefs from the u.s. the e.u. and japan have been holding talks amid fears that new u.s. import tariffs could trigger a trade war u.s. trade envoy robert lie ties met japan's hero she has seco and the e.u. says cd amounts to them they want to know if japan in the e.u. can obtain exemptions from u.s. levies on steel and. protests against nuclear power have been taking place near the fukushima power plant in japan ahead of sunday's seventh anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a meltdown that a barrier meant to contain brady ation is failing and that could jeopardize efforts to clean up the area. sports now this weekend's bonus legal action getting underway last night with a moment of brilliance from shell because daniel keller juvie settled matters against mites the royal blu

greece and the troika you know greece is having a lot of trouble and the troika being be and another body ruled over greece is similar what are your thoughts not the same the greeks could have said no we don't want your money we could have gotten out of the union with enormous amounts of difficulty and problems but they could have done they had a referendum and voted out as a matter of fact about they still in the mountains there's something there and they're in a stand but in puerto rico it's a little bit different going back to the downs where it's a bit will that answer but will says congress can give the territories self-government or take it away and that's exactly what happened here the board when it was imposed took away some of the powers of the of the government puerto rico not all of them actually are the solution by would be out by swing as to the appointment of a c.e.o. or have bought and she said no you can't do that for the board or you can't do it that may change when the fiscal plans are approved but that's another matter all right so just to go into that a little bit

greece portugal perhaps they want to keep an open dialogue with russia something that the president of the commission struck in his summit last week but new zealand have come full though and after reading a few background checks that russian diplomats this is what new zealand have to say to the people who are being expelled of being undeclared by large undeclared intelligence offices we've done a cheek a new zealand we don't have russian undeclared intelligence officers here if we did we would expel them looking stateside though it seems that the u.s. is escalating the conflict with months ago when spearheading this process that the u.s. government is expelling sixty russian diplomats now that's the largest number of all the countries taking action there let's listen to washington's response now the president spoke with many foreign leaders our european allies and others and encourage them to join the united states in this. in this announcement and looking at the response it appears that the white house has effectively admitted that donald trump was behind these expulsions despite the

get at first you know everybody was asking what happened with. whatever you want to do now greece go reading the printer we still amount will all go out one destination and later once he boarded the plane to get back in the airport there was again i don't know hundreds of stranded tourists and people who are trying to get to their homes or in the other destinations so yeah we just tried to talk to the airport. people from our area and that is the day and i was trying to board so we are asking what are we going to do it is that you know just break for now that what is going to force so we don't have any news gets there later we said they didn't know what we're just going to cancel this and we're back i mean after this incident happened i was scared and went for another two hours or at my luggage and get back. and of course it's a very difficult. to surrounded by very high mom on tunes. money thank you very much for sharing your story with us and you you're welcome the leaders of germany's conservative parties and social democrats assent to sign the coalition government agreement in ab

guard. footagehasbtained showing one group being beaten on their way to greece. reporter: a migrant boat you ossing from turkey to greece in january. the footage shows the turkish coast guard a coaching -- approaching and striking at the migrants with batons. claim theoard beatings got worse when they ered to stop filming. this woman from syria -- this man from syria recorded the footage on his mobile along with his wife. >> had to go on their boat. men andended up our started beating them. children were crying and screaming. i was terrified for my husband because they surrounded the men and startehitting them. >> i was beaten by a soldier when i got on the boat. they punched me in mybden and when i moved, they kicked me with their boots. when we arrived in turkey at the police station, we were almost dead from beatings stop reporter: they have both since reached greece after making and other illegal crossing in a separate boat. anthey are among 7000 mi being held in lesbos. othe here alleged similar rough treatment by the turkish coast guard, esther ghe its side ofu agreement to prevent

the second phase the breakthrough comes only in december went to reason maybe a greece to a backstop solution for northern ireland the e.u. paves the way for phase two sufficient progress has not been made on the street terms of the people march two thousand and eighteen the u.k. has granted the transition face but on europe's thom's the final goodbye is pushed back by almost two years the deal was struck today should give us confidence that a good deal for the united kingdom and the european union is closer than ever before. but the clock is ticking and key issues are yet to be agreed. as the annual reports go a long and winding roads towards bragg's and want to add the key issues which still have to be dissolved. i would single out two key points here key sticking points number one is that the u.k. will have to realize at some point throughout this year that the deep and special partnership they seek will be a free trade deal if they stick to their red lines and that means that they will not have the same friction less relationship they currently have being part of the customs unio

to be maintained that sometimes has been a struggle countries like greece hungary italy not so keen some countries in europe with a sincere belief that those sanctions are counterproductive that they don't help dialogue with russia some countries are very heavily reliant on russian energy so frankly it's been difficult to maintain the status quo the british will be ambitious if they are asking for more action against russia thank you for that barnaby phillips and we will go live as soon as we hear from two reason may. take as president ridge of time better one says he hopes the kurdish held syrian city of free and will soon be fully encircled by turkish troops thousands of civilians are under siege of the turkish troops and free syrian army fighters encircled the town the u.n. is warning of a humanitarian crisis as the water supply has been cut turkey launched the military assault in general to clear syrian kurdish forces that control the region let's get more from alan fisher's live guys in top on the turkey syrian border allan tell us more about the military action and turkey's co

with greece thousands of demonstrators gathered under the statue of the hellenic ruler alexander the great greece objects to the country's use of the name macedonia arguing that it implies territorial claims over greece's northern regions the same name. in london thousands of people celebrated international women's day in a march led by the city's mer. politicians musicians and activists joined the rally which started at the houses of parliament and ended in the square they're calling for gender equality a century after emmeline pankhurst helped british women gain the right to vote. it's a hundred years since some women got the vote i think evelyn my great grandmother and sylvia pankhurst my grandmother would be saying look let's celebrate the achievements there are some fantastic games that we do need to be aware of and highlight but they would be forward looking and they'd be saying you know come on hundred years and you're still fighting equal pay you still not have equal representation in parliament violence massage leave the treatment that women get it sounds too similar to

what she is another greece d.c. is up to my dear you whose will tell you probably a metal professional thumb if. no pressure you give of the ship but having a bizarre buffet is just a lawyer for there is a bomb copy of the directive down the to the ideas that is the blood. what if still there were a lot of people here but then in a couple of hours the atmosphere here at this event started to change and became distinctly political now there was a group of people that started to shout at different slogans they were protesting against the current russian. government there were also calling for the governor of the region this is where the treasure is easy to place to just step down earlier any other event took place by the walls of the kremlin we were as well a lot of people came there bringing flowers and lighting candles it is a very difficult moment for the whole country as this horrible tragedy has shaken everyone not only in the country but around the world today's been declared a national day of mourning here in russia more than thirty cities have already held vigils in

look at themselves why are they silent about the s three hundred which greece has and they tell us that this is a wrong step what kind of alliance what kind of solidarity is this well that's the question he asked nato nato has made its dissatisfaction clear every step of the way here earlier this month deputy secretary general rose gottemoeller pointed out the problem that the s four hundred doesn't integrate with current nato hardware for a start now the s four hundred would give turkey a new level of control over its airspace and beyond if this all goes ahead it's a service to where briefly anti aircraft missile system developed back of the nine hundred ninety s. it can engage up to eight hundred targets at a time up to four hundred kilometers away it's sophisticated stuff it can also hit fast moving targets up to an astonishing four point eight kilometers per second but the politics of it let's talk about that with the turkish capital with the same bad she professor of international relations at the city's middle east technical university i missed about xi yeah great talk about

painful reforms finally meeting the conditions to unlock those funds for greece the reforms included changes in tax policy privatizations of state holdings as well as tackling bad debt the european stability mechanism is due to pay the first five point seven billion euros on wednesday remaining billion could be released in may if greece manages to make progress in reducing a risk. first phase an expensive lawsuit in yet another country more than fifty thousand british car owners are taking legal action following the emissions could become the largest group action in british legal history three day hearing now in the way of london's high court will determine whether the claims can be managed collectively in the u.s. the ws already agreed to pay up to twenty five billion dollars to settle claims from owners the world's biggest comic the manipulated the software in iraq eleven million cars worldwide. meanwhile impending diesel bans in german cities could shift the problem of air pollution to eastern european countries german diesel owners increasingly seek to sell their vehicles rather

stating their common position at the same time you have countries particularly greece. and hungary who have very close ties with russia and who are kind of playing a game between the e.u. and the potential they see in russia they have no interest of having the signatures on this paper and getting all sides that this is been the problem of the european union since day one really getting everyone behind any kind of foreign policy statement is always really pushing it but let's go to moscow then really show in russia making enemies of all over the world tell us about the latest russian response. well we don't even know what what russia's response will be to may's measure as we've been kind of waiting for a clear response on not all day in the morning the foreign ministry spokes woman said that it wouldn't take long for there to be a response the kremlin spokesperson miti of his golf said that putin would be the one to make the final decision on what the response would be but there have been very sharp words from russia we've been hearing that this is all a political show that these ac

residential properties banks are obligated to foreclose mortgages as part of greece's international bailout loan program demonstrators from the leftist popular unity party said the auctions are tantamount to stealing poor people's homes banks have repossessed many properties during years of austerity and increased taxation and in greece have been struggling to make ends meet the protests started in twenty sixteen now the government is introducing electronic auctions to bypass the protesters. and specter brian now and more on a terrorist attack that shocked germany right before christmas and twenty sixteen rather today kristoff german lawmakers are starting to look into exactly why authorities failed to prevent the deadly twenty sixteen christmas market attack here in berlin a total of twelve people were killed in that attack when a failed asylum seeker drove a truck into a crowded holiday market in the city's center a towering play shot and killed the tunisian perpetrator four days later in a shoot out in the long after he alluded german police a special parliamentary committee will

. there are also vacations to tanzania, greece, and hawaii. a conflict-free diamond necklace and a $10,000 donation to the an -- donation to the animal shelter. also there are some magic mud tooth paste. >> wow. magic mud. >> i'll take the vacations. >> that's what i was thinking. i'll go to greece, hawaii. >> all right, coming up on sports. the coin has been flipped and the 49ers and the raiders will sort out their picks in next month's draft. the warriors finish off their road trip with a win, but steph steph leaves the game with an ankle injury. we'll be right back. ♪ (door bell rings) (cell phone vibrating) hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello, i got your package. you can just leave it, thanks. (cell phone vibrating) hello, can i help you? hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. ♪ steph curry's ankle might be happy to hear the dubs don't play >>> the warriors wrap up a perfect three-game road trip. steph curry's ankle might be sore. he stepped on zsa zsa's first game. he scored 28 points in the game. curry returned in the is educational background qua rt

by boat into greece. gavin lee sent this report from lesbos. a migrant boat illegal cross crossing. the video shows the turkish coastguard approaching. then striking at the migrants. those on board claim the beatings got worse when they were ordered to stop filming. this man recorded the footage on his mobile. translation: we had to go on their boat, they had rounded up our men and started beating them. 0 children were crying. they surrounded the men and started hitting them. crying. they surrounded the men and started hitting themli crying. they surrounded the men and started hitting them. i was beaten bya started hitting them. i was beaten by a soldier. they punched me and when i moved, they kicked me. when we arrived in turk yip at —— turkey we arrived in turk yip at —— turkey we we re we arrived in turk yip at —— turkey we were almost dead. they were both since reached greece after another illegal crossing. they're now held in lesbos. others allege similar treatment by the turkish coastguard. in terms of numbers, the eu turkey deal is seen as a success and the water

to london for the weekend. sorry, greece, we are up the weekend. sorry, greece, we are up against the clock. but we hope your submissions to govern we appreciate you speaking to us here in bbc news. —— we hope your problems are dealt with, and thank you for speaking to us here in bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, scientists in denmark make a quantum leap in the race to build the world's fastest super—computer. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worse, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs or restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. a hundred

are more than eighteen thousand under-age refugees in greece and one in five of them is here alone. many months for hell to get here and that's hell continues for some teenagers in the heart of athens.

member saying no bogey area greece as well the surprise that it wasn't you know enemas. now. astra has always been it is a neutral country by virtue of the austrian state tree he it's always been a place where there's been a leading ground between east and west. area it's always been historically very pro russian and for that matter so those freaks so. i'm not surprised that everybody didn't go along it. seems normal in the e.u. and i would have say that the response in the in the european countries is more limited it's two or three diplomats and the united states is pretty radical with six. peter thanks for your time former us ambassador peter galbraith really appreciate you making time to be with us thank you. now away from that story of but a kindness that's actually about fire one man's act of kindness in the french alps as landed him in trouble after he helped a heavily pregnant woman reach a hospital following through if they with me ben what do co is his name he's a member of a volunteer migrant patrol group who spotted this woman and her family which included two small children

clever interested in washington thank you. dr winter is here now with good news for greece on its road to financial recovery is doing slightly better now phil which is even slightly better is a lot better than actually the full more cash for greece now the euro zone's bailout fund has approved a six point seven billion euro loan installment the country has met the conditions for further forms after next to yet more painful reforms the payment is part of the third rescue package that amounts to eighty six billion euros overall creases total debt is a staggering three hundred twenty billion euros that's one hundred seventy six percent of its economic output that's the biggest in the wold japan. ordinary greeks may not like the austerity but the country's creditors say the medicine is working recently greased reese and now its first economic growth in a decade the state may be struggling but some great companies clearly have money to burn greek airline a g.m. has announced a four billion euro deal to buy a thirty new planes from airbus it would be the largest private investment deal