Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Poul Thomsen arrives at the Finance Ministry for a meeting with Greek Labour Minister Giannis Vroutsis in Athens, Greece, on 4 February 2014. The so-called troika of international creditors consisting of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met for talks on the ongoing Greek crisis. Greece is in a sixth year of recession, with record unemployment of 28 percent. It has been relying on billions of emergency loans to stay afloat and avoid bankruptcy since 2010 in exchange for harsh austerity measures which include tax increases and salary and pension cuts.ANSA/YANNIS KOLESIDIS