Greece and Cyprus could play the “bridge role” between the EU and a country such as Russia, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told Russian foreign-language news agency Sputnik in an interview.

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will hand over a folder with six proposed reforms to the Eurogroup on Monday. The Council will debate on the prioritization of these proposals and the country will be judged by the implementation of these reforms.

Τhe government's decision to use the reserves of funds and agencies to meet the major obligations of the country in March has caused a major upheaval among local government agencies.