Dimitris Tzanakopoulos

The possible non-participation of the International Monetary Fund in the Greek program will not impact the credibility of Greece's scheduled bailout exit in the summer, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Monday.

Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Sunday it is up to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to make the next move in the ongoing negotiations aiming to resolve the decades-old name row.

New Democracy official Dora Bakoyannis on Friday accused the leftist-led government of keeping the opposition in the dark regarding the progress of name talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Greece's government says financial market turbulence caused by the political crisis in Italy has not changed plans to make a full return to bond markets this year.

With Greece having officially rejected "Ilindenska Makedonija" as a candidate name for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, talks have reportedly continued behind the scenes in a bid to break the deadlock and resolve the decades-old dispute.

Athens said Monday it welcomed Skopje's acceptance of a Greek demand that any name agreed between the two countries be "erga omnes," i.e. to be used domestically and internationally, adding however that the two sides would ideally agree on one of the names proposed by UN mediator Matthew Nimetz.

The prime ministers of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will, according to several sources, discuss a road map over the next few days that will lead to a final deal on the decades-old name dispute.

In our continuing talks with our neighbors, there has been significant progress but we are still far away from concluding negotiations and reaching an agreement, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told journalists, Tanjug said, quoting Reuters.

Greece said on Tuesday it was "far away" from resolving a decades-long dispute over the name of the Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia (FYROM) despite progress in talks between the two neighbors.

Referring to the government's insistence that Greece will achieve a clean exit from the bailout in the summer, New Democracy Spokesperson Maria Spyraki said on Sunday that it must seek a clear mandate and call for early elections after August as it has "run out of political fuel."