There has been significant progress in the ongoing talks with the troika of Greece's international lenders, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said on Monday at the Greek Economy Conference organised by the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce in Athens.

Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras said in an interview to private Skai television on Monday that he will never sign an agreement requested by Greece's troika of lenders, as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has done, not just because he is not Samaras but also because there is an ethical perspective and "we do not have the right to make that blunder."

The government considers that, as in the past estimates have been proven true, there will be not fiscal gap and this is the most serious disagreement with the troika, Finance Ministry sources said on Tuesday referring to comments made to radio stations that the government has proposed additional fiscal measures to the troika in order to cover a possible gap in the State Budget.