Vassilis Kikilias

Anti-establishment groups have set up a "political kiosk" in a container in Exarchia Square, central Athens, which they say will contribute to the culture of political activism.

According to a text posted on an anti-establishment site, the aim is for the kiosk to become a focal point for young people with events and a discussion forum.

Greece's Citizens' Protection Minister Nikos Toskas told ANT1 television channel on Thursday that French authorities said a parcel bomb that arrived at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday and left an employee with minor injuries when it exploded, had been sent from Greece.

In comments on Thursday following a heated session in Greece's Parliament the night before, opposition New Democracy spokesman Vassilis Kikilias drew attention to an apparent rift within the government over economic policy following a clash between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and House speaker Nikos Voutsis.

Opposition parties reacted with alarm on Tuesday to comments by SYRIZA parliamentary spokesman Nikos Xydakis that MPs should hold a debate about Greece's membership of the euro.

Speaking on Skai TV in the morning, Xydakis argued that "there should be no taboos when we are talking about people's fate."

New Democracy has ruled out the possibility of supporting new measures in Parliament if the government goes in search of a qualified majority to satisfy lenders' demands.

Opposition parties have accused ruling SYRIZA of turning a blind eye to the excesses of Golden Dawn after former justice minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos said in an interview in Sunday's edition of the Vradyni newspaper that the extreme-right party must be supported by democratic parties if it decides to embrace the rule of democracy.

As he wrapped up a visit to the monastic community of Mount Athos, Greek opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Friday unveiled a big shake-up of New Democracy's front bench, as he seeks to ramp up pressure on a weakened SYRIZA-led government.

Government officials clashed with opposition MPs in Parliament on Wednesday on a bill aimed at decongesting prisons that includes a provision permitting house arrest for seriously disabled prisoners.

A new wave of tension threatens to undermine the government after a group of SYRIZA MPs submitted a proposal to scrap legislation that applies stiffer sentences to people found guilty of committing offenses while having their faces covered, the so-called hoodies law, and making it harder for authorities to obtain DNA samples from suspects.

A parliamentary committee began debating amid disagreements on Monday a government bill that foresees the scrapping of maximum security jails.