Athens metro commuters were in for a nasty surprise on Wednesday morning, when a train stopped dead on its tracks and passengers were forced to walk along the tracks to the next station.

A mistake by a crew member on a Turkish Airlines flight from Athens to Constantinople sowed panic among passengers, on Tuesday.

Talking to CNBC, Larry McDonald, head of US strategy in brokerage firm Newedge says investors have legitimate reasons to worry about the current situation in Greece.

Adonis Georgiadis, the parliamentary spokesperson for governing New Democracy says that pay cuts suffered by members of parliament have been excessive.