The intention of the government to change the eletoral law, as concerns elections for local government, was announced by alternate interior minister Leonidas Grigorakos.

The initial meeting between the leadership of the finance ministry and the troika took place in a friendly climate.

As many as six people appeared before an investigating magistrate, four on Tuesday, to testify on charges of embezzling 1.1 million euros from sailors insurance fund Sailors' Home (Oikos Naftou).

The government is trapped in a policy of austerity and destruction dictated by the memorandum, SYRIZA said on Monday, adding that whatever leaks to the press about "so-called negotiations" with the troika of lenders cannot reverse the subordination of Greece to its lenders and the memorandum's commitments.