Alexis Tsipras will be adding Barack Obama's name to the growing list of people advocating an end to austerity as a solution for Greece's problems.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to avoid being drawn into a direct confrontation with Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras and is unlikely to agree to a bilateral meeting with him at a European Union summit next week, a German government official said.

China’s Commerce ministry expressed its concerns over the Greek government's intention to halt the privatization of Piraeus Port Authority, which China’s COSCO group had bid for.