Latest on talks going on today:
Only need "anyone" from other side to confirm and we are off and running.
10:41
Tsipras: We are on the final stretch to a deal
It’s official! Greece believes that it is close to a deal with its lenders.
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras has just announced that the details will be presented ‘soon’, and insisted there is no danger that wages and pensions won’t be paid.
But Tsipras also said that Greece’s creditors are divided over some issues, which surely means a deal cannot be imminent.
Here are the newsflashes from Reuters:
GREEK PRIME MINISTER TSIPRAS SAYS WE HAVE MADE MANY STEPS, WE ARE ON FINAL STRETCH TOWARDS POSITIVE DEAL
GREEK PRIME MINISTER TSIPRAS SAYS WE WILL PRESENT DETAILS ON DEAL SOON
GREEK PRIME MINISTER TSIPRAS SAYS THERE ARE STILL DIFFERENT APPROACHES AMONG LENDERS
GREEK PRIME MINISTER TSIPRAS SAYS WAGES AND PENSIONS WILL BE PAID NORMALLY THIS WEEK
GREEK PRIME MINISTER TSIPRAS SAYS THERE IS NO RISK TO BANK DEPOSITS
1h ago
10:36
Now this may be significant.... Tom Nuttall, who write the Economist’s Charlemagne column from Brussels, has heard that eurozone finance minister could meet next week to sign off a Greek deal.
That’s only if their deputies report that there is progress, after their conference call tomorrow.