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Justice in Portugal ceases an investigation into the Portuguese Minister of Finance and Euro Group Chairman Mario Centeno.

Portuguese media reported last weekend of a raid by the police at the Ministry of Finance. The invasion would be directed against Centeno. The chairman of football club Benfica would have asked Centeno for a favor. In exchange for that favor, the minister would have received two tickets to a match from Benfica. It was about places in the presidential lodge.

Centeno, who succeeded the Dutchman Jeroen Dijsselbloem as Eurogroep chairman on 13 January, immediately denied having done anything illegal.