welcome to d w business i'm gad alpha's in the valley the euro zone's bailout fund has approved a six point seven billion euro loan installment after the greek government had an active painful. reforms it finally met needs the conditions to unlock those funds a first tranche of five point seven billion euros is due to be paid today the rest could follow in may athens has received financial aid from eurozone countries and the i.m.f. since twenty ten that's a closer look at it the payment is part of the so-called third rescue package that amounts to eighty six billion euros overall and runs until august twenty eighth in greece's total debt is around three hundred twenty billion euros that's about one hundred seventy six percent of its economic output but the economy is growing for the first time in ten years unemployment is down but still at twenty point nine percent and many greeks only work part time and don't earn much overall that means that despite hopes of an upward trend the reality for ordinary people may not be improving but it appears that reforms are taking hold. top stories