The Greek foreign minister and government vice president Evangelos Venizelos paid an emergency visit to the Ukraine on Sunday, as chairman of the EU's Council of General Affairs, during Greece's EU Presidency, that many feel was too little, too late.

Tax offices have a right to seize bank deposits of revenue debtors within a few days after sending a simple electronic notice. The electronic seizure forwarding mechanism is under way and will be ready in the next two weeks.

Τoday's meeting of the PM with government VP Venizelos and Finance minister Stournaras lasted two hours and was about the burning obstacle of bank recapitalization in the Troika negotiation.