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Greece wants 'fair solution' to debt offer stalemate

Greece wants to find a "viable and fair solution" with its EU and IMF lenders to agree an aid package, a government official has said.

On Friday, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras labelled a cash for reforms offer by the debts-seeking EU as "absurd".

Earlier, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said a Greek exit from the single currency area is not an option but that does not me he could "pull a rabbit out of a hat" to prevent it.

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Pensioners at heart of Greek's EU row say cuts can't come

The Greek prime minister has claimed the EU's latest demands for pension cuts in exchange for bailout money amounts to a humiliation of his country.

While Alexis Tsipras delivered a bullish statement to the Greek parliament amid a delay to its owed 1.5 billion euros payment, pensioners in the ancient country's capital told ITV News they have nothing left.

ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy reports from Athens.

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