Russia’s consul to Athens, Andrey Malanin, passed away at the age of 55, sources from the Russian embassy told the press on Monday night.

The conclusion of the second programme review and the participation of Greece in the ECB quantitative easing programme are the government's targets, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Monday said in an interview with Skai TV.

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is meeting the leaders of the opposition political parties to inform them of the four main positions of the Greek side in the Geneva negotiations in the coming Thursday, 12th of January.