New Democracy has opened its arms to Makis Voridis and Adonis Georgiadis, who were disaffiliated from LAOS, PASOK will have a new leader by 18 March this year, the Athens Stock Exchange ended with a 5% jump in turnover before the Eurogroup meeting on Monday.

The bill will be submitted to parliament within days, observers anticipate a credit event, Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker is not convinced that Greece will be able to service its debt in 2020

On Saturday, thousands of Europeans are preparing to shout in one voice the slogan "We are all Greeks now" in support and against the serious measures that are being imposed in the country.

The alternative troika is coming to Athens in early March to prepare a programme based on economic growth and employment, rather than solely on cost reduction, Ivaylo Kalfin told GRReporter.

More than 65 clay and bronze objects were stolen. Minister of Culture Pavlos Geroulanos resigned.