Measures for 1.5 billion euros from the 4.5 required by troika

The bargain for wages in the public and private sector continues today with the threat of bankruptcy if the country does not receive the new loan looming over the talks with troika. After a four-hour meeting until midnight yesterday with the minister of Finance, it appeared that troika is putting all pressing issues on the table: the rough twists in employment and salary reductions, the extra taxes to cover the new deficits of 2011, the fate of Greek banks etc.