If SYRIZA formed its own government, deposits would be withdrawn en masse and foreign investment in Greece would dry up, says Joerg Sponer, a senior manager in the Capital foreign fund

According to Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos the extension will last for several days or weeks, but sources say that the period will be six months. In statements Venizelos said that the reasons for the extension were of a "technical nature".

There is no hope for the Greek economy with this kind of government, concluded the trade unions, enraged with the creditors and the austerity policies they have imposed on the country.

Every year, German officials lay a wreath on the monument to the victims in Kerdilia; the Bulgarians, however, never went to Doxato to lay a wreath for the massacres they have committed, says researcher Vassilis Dzanakaris in an interview for GRReporter.

Stock breeders were striking on Tuesday, journalists are striking today, and Thursday will see a general strike of employees from the public and private sectors.