Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel for an agreement to be reached by the end of the month, considering that Athens has taken important steps.

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challenging the IMF forecasts for the Greek growth rate over the next two years, noting that they are based on outdated financial information.

Greece and Cyprus are a field of stability in a wider region of conflicts and destabilisation," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said after his meeting with President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades.