The other 18 states in the euro zone perceive the recent Greek elections as a rebellion against arithmetic and common sense, as stated by journalist - commentator Veselin Zhelev in an interview for GRReporter.

The drug is toxic and the worst thing is that the doctor knows this, Minister of Finance Yians Varoufakis said in parliament in connection with the bailout to Greece.

During his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann stressed that the efforts should be directed towards finding a common solution to represent the position of the new Greek government on the one hand and to take account of the compliance with the commitments that Greece had already made on the other.

The index has fallen by more than 5% to reach 760 base units, bank shares have again decreased their value.

They have been identified within the context of the SwissLeaks investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Instead, the government will put forward a bridging programme to last until June, as Tsipras said without his usual smile.

Tax evasion will be punished by confiscation of undeclared assets; politicians, journalists, government and bank officials, corporate directors, proxies in offshore companies, etc. will be asked to furnish evidence of their income