An effort to establish his own barber shop fell upon the rocks of Greek bureaucracy, and called on the EU Commission to help him, but failed. Now the barber's turned to the IMF for help.

An article published in the Wall Street Journal, speaking of a “secret meeting” concerning Greece, last Monday night, after the Eurogroup meeting, without the participation of finance minister Yannis Stournaras.

Greece's primary budget surplus for 2013 may exceed previous forecasts and top 1 billion euros ($1.37 billion), a senior finance ministry official said on Tuesday.