Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis called negotiations with "institutions” “debilitating" in a message, at a meeting to show solidarity to the Greek government and the Greek people held Tuesday in Melbourne.

Süddeutsche Zeitung is directly challenging the IMF forecasts for the Greek growth rate over the next two years, noting that they are based on outdated financial information.

The experience of the US and Greece and the management of the financial crises dominated the discussions between US President Barack Obama and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis at the White House. We made a comparison of our own experience, which is similar and very different at the same time.