Athens — The Greek government on Friday said the country was "turning a page", after eurozone ministers declared its crisis over as they granted Athens debt relief under a bail-out exit strategy. The eurozone ministers’ agreement comes nearly a decade after the country’s finances spun out of control, sparking three bail-outs and threatening its euro membership. "Greece is turning a page, its debt is now viable," government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said. "I think the Greek people can smile, they can breathe again." "This is a historic decision," Tzanakopoulos told state TV ERT. Following the eurozone ministers’ hard-fought agreement, declared earlier on Friday, Greece is slated to leave its third financial rescue since 2010 on August 20. "The Greek crisis ends here tonight," said EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, after marathon talks in Luxembourg. The deal was expected to be an easy one, but last-minute resistance by Germany — Greece’s long bail-out nemesis ...
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