Yiannis Stournaras believes a timely adjustment of Greece’s debt is necessary, and in a statement today advocated lowering the target for a primary surplus of 2% in order to reduce the tax burden, explaining that doing so would enhance Greece’s growth prospects and facilitate its entrance into the financial markets.

The preparation of the next EU-Arab League ministerial summit and other issues of bilateral interest were the focus of the meeting between Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo on Thursday. 

New Democracy spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos criticized the government on Thursday for its failure to stop the violent protests outside the Athens Polytechnic on Thursday night, when masked individuals hurled petrol bombs, sticks and stones against riot police. 

Greece's steadfastly supports the abolition of the anachronistic regime of guarantees and the departure of Turkish troops from Cyprus, so that the solution given to the Cyprus problem is just and viable, Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on the Cyprus television station RIK on Thursday.