Greece needs to adopt a “second generation” of reforms as the policy mix followed during the crisis didn’t favour economic growth, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Thursday during a debate in a panel on structural reforms, at the Brussels Economic Forum.

As the historic day of the pan-Orthodox Council in Crete approaches, the likelihood of it being postponed seems increasingly plausible.

The first left-wing government should leave a footprint of claiming major changes in the State, the political system and the institutions, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a speech at the meeting of SYRIZA’s political secretariat.

Tourism, culture and trade topped the agenda of talks between Crete Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis and his Chinese counterpart from the region of Guangxi, Chen Wu, who signed a treaty of friendship and cooperation last week.