In May 8 letter, Greece PM Tsipras threatened to withhold €750M repayment due in May unless European partners provided liquidity immediately [*Note: Athens made the payment 4 days later] - Greece press
- In the May 8th letter Tsipras asked again that the ECB raise Greece's treasury bill issuance ceiling. He also asked for a partial disbursement of €7.3B in loan tranches, and the return of €1.9B of payments Greece has made into the EFSF bailout fund and €1.2B in profits the ECB made from buying Greek govt bonds since 2010.
- In the end, Greece made the repayment on time (May 12) by tapping its accounts at the IMF.