The European Commission has disbursed €3.1 billion to Greece from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), following the successful completion of the country's fifth payment request, submitted at the end of December 2024. With this latest tranche, Greece has now received a total of €21.3 billion from the RRF, surpassing 59% of the total budget allocated under its national recovery plan, "Greece 2.0." According to the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, this payment request related to the fulfillment of 32 milestones and targets-29 under the grant component and three under the loan component of the plan. As a result, Greece has now completed 139 milestones, or more than 35% of its overall target of 394, placing it well above the EU-27 average of 29%. Under the grant section, completed milestones included the contracting of major projects such as urban planning initiatives across 750 municipal units nationwide, and more than 65...