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Mario Monti, the economist who served as prime minister of Italy during the country?s financial crisis, said the time for the Greek government to ?play games? was running out.

Representatives of the government and the country?s international creditors are expected to launch ?technical level? talks in Brussels on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Greek time, amid reports that technical teams from the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund ? formerly known as the ?troika? ? will visit Athens on Thursday.

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By Ian Wishart

Ask Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis about his country?s predicament, and you?re likely to get a very different response from the one echoing around the euro region.

A team from Greece?s international creditors is heading for Athens, as the government prepares to open up its accounts for inspection.

Greek negotiations with its EU partners are taking place in Brussels and Paris with three "institutions" (European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund) and are no longer focused on a political level but on technical issues.

Representatives of the government and the country?s international creditors are to start ?technical level? talks in Brussels on Wednesday following an agreement thrashed out in Brussels on Monday by eurozone finance ministers, though it remained unclear when, or if, foreign auditors would visit Athens for talks.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble insisted Tuesday that urgent technical talks on extending Greeces bailout would involve the "troika" of creditors, despite claims by Athens that the much-loathed group would play no part.

The foremost priority of Romania's General Transport Master Plan, from the European Commission (EC) viewpoint, is the completion in due time of the projects within the main Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and, secondly, the identification of the most important projects for the extended TEN-T, which could also benefit from the EC financial support, European Commissioner for Regional Pol

The finance ministers of the 28 EU member states approved at their meeting on Tuesday the investment plan of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

The ministers approved the regulation for the European Investment Plan Fund, as Italy promised to contribute EUR 8 B to the programme.