Local authorities will now be able to rent out areas on beaches for use as cafes and bars for two years, as opposed to one, but limits will be made stricter on how the renting businesses to any changes they can make to the natural environment.

What comes next in Greece after a possible exit from the euro and default is what noted Spanish journalist Hector Estepa is trying to outline in widely circulated Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

Greece and Cyprus are a field of stability in a wider region of conflicts and destabilisation," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said after his meeting with President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades.