"The ball is clearly in Greece’s court," European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Wednesday. Schinas underlined that Greece needs to be consistent with what was discussed between the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker last week.

Developments are rapid in terms of negotiations, as reports indicate that the rendezvous between Merkel, Hollande, and Tsipras on the sidelines of the summit in Brussels will not take place.

Mayors and city representatives from villages of Greece destroyed by occupation troops expressed their willingness to preserve the memory of holocausts, at the Governing Board held today in Distomom "as a duty and honor to those executed."