Eurozone ministers meet to discuss €30bn Greece bailout

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels this evening to discuss whether to release €30bn in funds to Greece.

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels this evening to discuss whether to release €30bn in funds to Greece.

The ministers will have to decide whether to give Greece an extra two years - to 2016 - to meet its Budget targets.

However, the Eurogroup chief Jean Claude Juncker said that "no definitive decision" will be made at the meeting.

It comes as a draft report by the Troika stated that Athens will need an extra €32.6bn, if its bailout term is extended.

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