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A European Commission response is pending, with EU representatives telling protothema.gr that they’re waiting for final results and will not comment until that time.

The 'No' vote appears to be leading in Greece's bailout referendum by a small margin, according to final opinion polls released after voting ended on 7 p.m. on Sunday, newswires reported.

Separate opinion polls conducted by GPO, Metron Analysis and MRB all put the outcome at a slim lead of three percentage points for the 'No' camp over the 'Yes' vote.

With several hours to go before polling stations close in Greece's bailout referendum, voting was proceeding smoothly on Sunday afternoon, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Ten million Greeks have been asked by their left-wing government to vote in Sunday's referendum that poses the biggest challenge to the euro currency since its adoption.

The outcome of Sunday's referendum in Greece on the bailout proposals made by the country's international lenders is too close to call, opinion polls suggest.

Polling stations opened across Greece on Sunday morning in a crunch bailout referendum which could determine the country's place in the eurozone.

Voting started at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) and will close at 7 p.m. (1600 GMT). The first results are expected at about 9 p.m. (18 GMT). 

Former European Commission president Jacques Delors wrote an article in French newspaper Le Monde, that is co-signed by former World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy and president of the Jacques Delors Institue, Antonio Vitorino.

A day before the crucial referendum in Greece, there are smoke signals from the European Commission. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s senior advisor, Martin Selmayr, has been tweeting thoughts on Greece with links to a Der Spiegel interview that is more than two weeks old.

The Board of Directors of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) decided on Friday to opt for a Reservation of Rights on EFSF loans to Greece, after the non-payment of Greece to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Romania's membership of the single currency area will not be possible in 2019, as planned, and further delay must be taken into consideration as the euro project's solidity is tested by the Greek crisis, Romanian analysts say.