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The International Monetary Fund approves a US$3 billion bailout deal for Pakistan to avert its potential debt defaults and regain economic stability.
2023-07-12

Zambia agrees with the Export–Import Bank of China and other creditors to restructure US$6.3 billion in debt, which includes maturity extensions and interest rate reductions. The deal, facilitated by the French government, also allows Zambia to access a $1.3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
2023-06-22

Irish finance minister Paschal Donohoe is re-elected as President of the Eurogroup.
2022-12-5

2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades says the island has no intention of abandoning the euro, despite the tough conditions imposed by its 10 billion euro bailout deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
2013-03-29

2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: Security tightens in Cyprus as banks prepare to reopen after nearly two weeks, following a controversial international bailout that was negotiated with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
2013-03-28

2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: Cyprus's Ministry of Finance says banks will remain shut until Thursday to give regulators time to guard against a run on deposits, and that big depositors in Cypriot banks can lose up to 40% of their funds, while depositors with less than 100,000 euros in their accounts will not be affected by bailout plans.
2013-03-26

AIG, the insurance giant that has recently paid the U.S. treasury back funds it received on "too big to fail" grounds in 2008, says that it may join a lawsuit against the U.S. for the supposedly harsh nature of the bailout terms.
2013-01-8

As the ruling Fianna Fáil party faces national wipeout, outgoing Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Jnr is saved by his own personality. He takes the final seat in the Dublin West constituency, the only Fianna Fáil candidate elected from 47 seats across the capital, with his brother Conor Lenihan and aunt Mary O'Rourke losing out in their bids for re-election elsewhere.
2011-02-26

Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Jnr hands down the hardest budget in the country's history.
2010-12-7

A ministerial car runs over a protestor who is then taken away in an ambulance.
2010-11-21