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GREECE WILL receive a €9 billion tranche of euro zone loans after the European Commission yesterday cleared the second instalment of the bailout facility agreed to alleviate its fiscal troubles.

Olli Rehn, the Economics and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, praised the measures taken by George Papandreou’s government in recent months, but warned of possible problems ahead.