A photo of the protest in Athens appeared on the Facebook profile of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the comment was, "The people in the cities of Greece and Europe are involved in the battle of negotiations. They are our strength."

Greece had already left a monetary union, namely the Latin, which existed until World War I, and several times had unilaterally terminated the payment of loans and defaulted, as recalled by economist Georgi Ganev in an interview for GRReporter.

Austrian Minister of Finance Hans Jörg Schelling warned Athens that its European partners have no "plan B" and that it must comply with all commitments related to the bailout.

Тhe Athens Stock Exchange is in an unusual wait-and-see position in view of today's extraordinary meeting of the Eurogroup.

162 MPs of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks voted for the new Greek government, 299 MPs took part in the voting, secretary of Golden Dawn Nikos Michaloliakos was absent.