EIB’s president Werner Hoyer said that the bank’s financial support to Greece totaled 9.0 pct of GDP, one of the highest in the EU.

Violence began after dozens of hooded demonstrators in Keratsini broke off from the initially peaceful march and police fired teargas at them.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to participate in events organized by the Azeri government for the Shah Deniz deposit.

“There is no longer any excuse,” said Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, commenting on the decision of 19 Mayors to block public sector evaluation.