Konstantinos Argyros visited New York, where he was close to the Greek community, while he made a performance that thrilled his fans.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded with harsh language to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly aggressive statements against Israel.

Developments in Greece and the wider region, as well as Greek-American relations, were discussed during a meeting of ELAS party president Alexis Tsipras with US Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle on Monday.

The lessons of the Greek crisis, the political significance of his election to the presidency of the Eurogroup, and the need for a stronger and more financially adequate Europe lie at the core of an interview given by Greek Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis to the French magazine L'Express and journalists Muriel Breinman and Thibault Marotte.