Stalled negotiations between Greece and its international creditors over the cash-strapped country's austerity plan will resume on February 24, dpa cited the Finance Ministry as saying Tuesday. The aim is to complete the talks and receive a positive recommendation from the so-called troika - the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - by March 7 so that Greece can receive its next bailout disbursements, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told Skai television. The finance minister expressed confidence that Greece would receive a good assessment, saying Athens had implemented 78 per cent of the reforms demanded. Negotiations between Greek authorities and the troika have been stalled since September on several issues, most notably the size of this year's projected fiscal gap.
