Greece, lenders will miss deadline for loan deal

ATHENS: Greece and its international lenders will miss a self-imposed March 10 deadline to clinch a deal that will release the next tranche of the country’s rescue loans, three senior Greek government sources said.

Greece and representatives of the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had hoped to conclude the latest review of the country’s reform progress under the terms of its international bailout by Monday, when eurozone finance ministers meet in Brussels.