The talks between Panagiotis Lafazanis and the representatives of the state company Socar in Baku took place in the shadow of the deal for the sale of the Greek gas company DESFA that the European Competition Commission has blocked.

SYRIZA’s parliamentary group meeting at which Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced the name of the candidate for President of Greece had taken place in a turbulent and tense atmosphere, and ended with protests of MPs against the decision, and especially against how it had been made.

As stated by the German newspaper Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung, former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing proposed to Athens a friendly exit from the euro zone.

It was announced minutes after the Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem confirmed the receipt Athens’ request for an extension of the bailout.

This will back the bonds held by the European Central Bank, which are due in July and August.

Different moodс in anticipation of what the Government of Alexis Tsipras will submit to its European partners.

He was nominated by the two ruling parties, SYRIZA and Independent Greeks, and supported by the MPs of New Democracy during the vote.