"The participation in the elections concerns all the generations and all the ages. It concerns the future," SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said at an open discussion-interview organised by Avgi newspaper on twitter.

Greece is unlikely to win any write down on debt owed to the euro area and should instead focus on possible relief in the form of longer repayment periods, European Parliament Vice President Olli Rehn said in an interview with Bloomberg news agency.

Opposition SYRIZA party has a 3.4% lead over ruling coalition party New Democracy, according to an opinion poll conducted by ALCO for To Pontiki newspaper.

Athens is the 5th most attractive European city for property investors according to PriceWaterHouseCooper which has released its 2015 Emerging Trends in Real Estate survey, compiled together with the Urban Land Institute.

It is, according to the authors, an ‘astonishing zoom up the league’. In just one year Athens has shot up 23 places in the rankings – the most significant improvement of all European cities.