In an attempt to raise 12 billion euro the government of Alexis Tsipras has adopted a legal act on the transfer of municipal funds to the Bank of Greece, thus provoking a storm of reactions among the mayors of various cities in the country.

An analysis by Brookings Institution attempts to answer these questions, aiming to combine all the present and future data.

The US Ambassador said that the release of terrorist Savvas Xiros of 17 November would be accepted as an "unfriendly act" on the part of Greece. The gesture of the British Ambassador to place a wreath at the plaque of military attaché Stephen Saunders who was murdered by the group was unambiguous as well.