Leader of the Golden Dawn Nikos Michaloliakos and MP Yannis Lagos, who were in custody since the end of last September, for membership in a criminal organization were released from prison today on the opinion of the Board of Appeals party.

The Greek government found the requisite liquidity to repay another 340-million-euro instalment of the loan it has received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday (March 20), according to Dow Jones Newswires, citing two government sources.

"We set the process back on track," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said after the end of the seven-part meeting on the Greek issue that was held on the sidelines of the EU Summit in Brussels.