At the same time as Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will be in Berlin on Monday for a crucial meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, three of the government’s top ministers will be heading in the opposite direction, to China for official contacts in Beijing.

A meeting with focus on Greece will take place on Thursday evening in Brussels after the end of the EU Summit between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and other European top officials.

The five-day occupation of the Athens Law School by anarchists ended yesterday afternoon revealing serious damage from vandalism to the building.

Yannis Milios notified his resignation from the Economic Policy Department of SYRIZA with a post on Twitter in which he wrote: "Department of Economic Policy, farewell. With gratitude for the appreciation, companionship, trust."