The health ministry in Spain said a pregnant woman who had returned from Colombia had been diagnosed with the Zika virus, Europe’s first known case of the mosquito-born virus this week declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation.
Greece’s creditors remain firm in their position regarding the new pension plan and fiscal measures. They met with minister Giorgos Katrougalos.
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with the Ministers of Home affairs of Germany and France, Thomas de Maizière and Bernard Cazeneuve, this morning to discuss the refugee crisis.
At 11 this morning, the financial team of the government will make its assessment after the first week of negotiations with creditors in Athens. Creditors will leave today in order to return in 10 days time for further talks. Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos described the negotiations as “detailed and tough.”