Optimism, concerns ahead after bailout Odyssey ends

ATHENS - Greek retailers welcomed Monday's milestone exit from a series of financial rescue programs with feelings of optimism but concern for the future.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hailed the end of a "modern-day Odyssey" on Tuesday after Greece emerged from eight years of bailouts.

"This is a day of liberation," Tsipras declared, standing on a hilltop overlooking a bay on the Ionian island of Ithaca.