Greek Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis on Tuesday said that intense efforts were made to promote a significant project for Greece and Russia, the Greek Stream project.

"The Greek government is negotiating with a plan and a strategy and has submitted specific proposals," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday said during his visit to the Education Ministry and added that "the dilemma is now in Europe's leadership."

“Work must continue with earnest intensity” was the message from Berlin late Monday on the Greek issue, a statement conveyed to Athens dispelling most hopes of a nearly finished deal to free up bailout funds for the Greek government, now scrambling to find cash.