Fabrizio Bensch | Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras leave after a statement at the chancellery in Berlin on Dec. 16, 2016.
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has locked horns with Germany’s Angela Merkel amid an argument about a Christmas bonus payment for poor Greek pensioners in December. On Friday he visited Berlin to discuss the matter, but no progress was made.
The plan triggered euro zone lenders to suspend a new debt-relief deal. On Wednesday they halted 45 billion euro ($47.7 billion) in short-term debt relief to help the indebted country, which is suffering from a deep recession and…
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