The US government urged European leaders and the Greek government to proceed with mutual compromises during the negotiations on the extension of the loan agreement, while at the same time putting pressure to Europe and Athens in order to reach an agreement on Greece's financing.

The Eurogroup meeting on Friday has been rescheduled for 17:30 (Athens time), Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said in a message posted on Twitter.

The young Israeli start-up enterprise guru, Oren Simanian, will visit Greece on 24- 26 February to hold workshops in technology innovation hubs, incubators, accelerators and the University of Athens. 

The German representation at the EuroWorking group has backed down from its previously inflexible position vis-à-vis a Greek request for a loan agreement extension, tendered on Thursday, according to sources.