SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Thursday starts a two day visit to the monastic community of Mount Athos, accompanied by MP Yiannis Amanatidis and party officials Makis Lykopoulos and Nikos Pappas.

PASOK head and government vice president Evangelos Venizelos has announced the extension of the due date for the first installment of the ENFIA tax by a month.

Greek lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday with a series of reforms to pave the way for the next, one-billion-euros ($1.3-billion) tranche of loans under the country's EU/IMF bailout. Fifty MPs voted in favor of the collection of reforms and 47 against.