The launching of the “Movement of 58” at Acropol theater on Monday night drew a lot more people than organizers had expected. Many, and of varied political hues, were those from the political elite, the intelligentsia, and academia that attended the inaugural event.
Fugitive from justice, shipowner Anastasios Pallis, who has two outstanding arrest warrants against him, turned himself into authorities today.
The Troika is expected in Athens tomorrow to continue negotiations on a number of thorny issues that have held back the disbursement of a 1 billion euro aid tranche that has been delayed for months.
An article in today's Handelsblatt financial newspaper states that the IMF plan casts doubt on how Ms Merkel has handled the crisis, referring to the differences between Berlin and the IMF on how to save overdebted countries.