Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Tuesday, in a meeting with the President of the Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee J.Krawczyk, stressed the need to support the Greek social security system since the people have made huge sacrifices in order to remain in the European Union and the eurozone

The government achieved its main targets during the negotiation, government spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili said after the approval for the disbursement of the 2 billion euro loan sub-tranche and the 10 billion euros earmarked for the recapitalization of the Greek banks

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will pay an official visit to Israel and Palestine at a very crucial period for Middle East, the bilateral relations and Greece's role in the region

Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yiannis Stournaras on Tuesday reassured that deposits in Greek banks are fully secured as after the recapitalization of banks the danger of a haircut has been eliminated