BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers in the Eurogroup discussed a Greek application for a new conditional loan package on a conference call on Wednesday, EU officials said, but decided to freeze talks until after Sunday's referendum.
Two letters from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to creditors on Tuesday came too late to secure an extension to the previous bailout which expired at midnight (2300 BST), just as Greece defaulted on a 1.6 billion euro (1 billion pound) debt repayment to the IMF.
