The debate over the draft law on the third package of prior actions that the government agreed with the lenders started on Thursday at the parliament plenum

OPAP on Wednesday strongly reacted to a government decision to impose an extra charge on lottery games operated by the company -a decision aimed to boost state revenues.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu starting shortly after noon. There followed a meeting between the delegations of the two sides.