Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls, Minister of Finance Michel Sapin and Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Désir are scheduled to visit Athens today.

Athens is ready to host some 4.5 million visitors this year and the Guardian is describing the rising tourism numbers as a “miracle”, adding that much of the upsurge is linked to Greece’s safety record.

Addressing SYRIZA's Political Secretariat on Tuesday, Prime Minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras proposed that party's Central Committee be convened in the near future in order to set a date for SYRIZA's 2nd Congress at the end of September, party sources said.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls will pay an official visit to Greece on June 2-3 with the view to boost the bilateral relations of the two countries.