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Belgium's Prime Minister just tweeted 'agreement' from the Greek talks

Jul 13, 2015, 12:15 IST

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives for a meeting of eurozone heads of state at the EU Council building in Brussels on Sunday, July 12, 2015.AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts

Here it is.

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Nearly six months after the election of the radical Syriza coalition, after bank closures and July 5's bailout referendum, Greece seems to finally have a deal.

Belgium's Prime Minister simply tweeted the word "agreement."

We dont' have full details of what's been discussed yet, but given the detereoration of the Greek economy and banking system, it seems likely that the deal signed off now will be more austere than the one Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked voters to reject in the recent referendum.

Germany and other eurozone states were pushing for a "time out" from the currency union, which quickly became referred to as temporary Grexit. On Saturday, when the Eurogroup of finance ministers was meeting, it seemed like a sudden exit was very much possible.

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The marathon session of EU leaders lasted more than 19 hours, according to Politico's Ryan Heath. That breaks records for the bloc.

More on this story as it breaks.

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