Greece

By Nikos Chrysoloras

The Greek government, approaching the end of a second international bailout that has kept it afloat since 2010, plans a return to markets by selling 2 billion euros of bonds, three officials said.

Three prison guards were arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of an Albanian convict at Nigrita Prison, in Serres, northern Greece. More arrests were expected.

Greece will start receiving its next 8.3 billion euros ($11.4 billion) in bailout loans at the end of the month, eurozone finance ministers said Tuesday, citing progress after "many painful years" of reforms.

Unemployment rates in Bulgaria recorded a minimal 0.1% drop in February to 12.1%, according to latest data published by Eurostat.

The Eurozone will assign to Greece EUR 6.3 B that are part of its second bailout package, the Eurogroup's chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem announced Tuesday.

In Athens, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund agreed to unlock one of the last tranches Greece will get to save its debt-ridden economy.

Greece's largest civil service umbrella union, ADEDY, on Tuesday called on all public sector workers to join an afternoon protest in central Athens against government policies, in defiance of a two-day ban on large public gatherings put in place by police during a meeting of European finance ministers in the Greek capital on Tuesday and Wednesday.

By Elena Becatoros

Thousands of migrants detained in Greece for lacking the correct paperwork, including some asylum seekers and teenagers, are held in often appalling conditions without access to basic hygiene and regular medical care, according to a medical aid group which accused the Greek state of causing "unnecessary suffering and harm."

By Marius Zaharia

Greece could be on the verge of making one of the fastest market comebacks of a defaulted sovereign ever recorded.

By Alexis Papachelas