Cyprus GDP Upgrade Boosts Bailout Exit Plans

A European Union accounting change has improved Cyprus’s public-finance outlook more than any other euro-zone nation, raising the prospects it will exit a bailout program ahead of schedule and sell bonds this year.

No extension to Greece's aid programme: Germany

BERLIN: Germany said on Friday that the terms of a crucial aid package for Greece should not be changed, after a report said Chancellor Angela Merkel would allow Athens "a few weeks" more to meet its commitments.