“ The US is committed to bolstering the development of Greek economy and entrepreneurship,” US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said on Wednesday, speaking at the presentation of “ Roots”, an initiative launched jointly by the Athens Exchange and the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be departing for Moscow on Thursday for a working visit on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev.

Responding to the request by the Ethniki (National) Bank's administration to extend the one-year deadline for the sale of Ethniki Insurance, the EU's Directorate-General for Competition is reportedly posed to refuse. The DG Comp is putting pressure on the bank to accelerate the procedures for the sale of the insurance firm.