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PORTUGUESE BAILOUT ON TRACK
The fiscal reforms of Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (above) appear to be on track. The International Monetary Fund completed its first review of the IMF-EU bailout to the troubled country and handed over the second tranche of €4bn. That brings total disbursements under the scheme to €10.4bn. The entire bailout package should eventually see €30bn given to the Portugal.