The examining magistrate against corruption investigating a phone-tapping conspiracy targeting former prime minister Costas Karamanlis, among others, on Monday ordered the arrest of a former employee at the US embassy in Athens in relation with the case.

Yanis Varoufakis' assertion concerning a draft plan by commissioner Pierre Moskovisi is refuted by the commission as reported by Reuters citing the European Commission official.

The government is committed to seeking a mutually beneficial solution with its European partners and the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will brief whoever political leader wishes to on the developments, according to government sources.

The state budget shows a primary deficit of 149 million euros on a cash basis in January 2015, compared with 812 million euros primary surplus in the same month last year, according to data from the Bank of Greece.