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In an interview to ‘Proto Thema’, New Democracy (ND) leader Evangelos Meimarakis warns that the top priority for his party is that a stable government emerges from the upcoming elections regardless of whether ND comes first or second.

Political developments in crisis-plagued and still bailout-dependent Greece continued on Tuesday, given that snap elections are now foreseen for late September, or at the latest, in the first week of October.

1 a.m. PM A. Tsipras, in a TV address, described proposals from Greece’s creditors as “humiliation” and “unbearable” – He said that the proposals would be put to a referendum for the Greek people to decide on July 5.

Main opposition New Democracy and socialist PASOK are reportedly considering tabling a no confidence vote in Parliament against the SYRIZA-led coalition government, a move that would delay and endanger the holding of a referendum for July 5.

The latest victim of femicide in Turkey was raped after she was killed, Turkish media reported June 23, quoting an autopsy report.

Cansu Kaya, 18, was found dead in a canal in the western province of Mu?la last week.

Opposition parties appealed to the government and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the weekend as fears of a possible Greek exit from the eurozone peaked.

An opinion poll published over the weekend showed SYRIZA holding a strong lead of 23.6 percent over New Democracy, while eight in 10 Greeks said they wanted to remain in the eurozone.

Amid growing upheaval within his own party, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras lashed out at the SYRIZA-led government over the weekend, claiming that the leftists had lied to the Greek people and were leading the country into a new memorandum.

Most Greeks want the government to reach a compromise with its creditors while public support for the method of negotiation being pursued is waning, a new opinion poll shows.

Prokopis Pavlopoulos will be sworn in on Friday at 18.00 as the 7th President of the Hellenic Republic, before the Parliament plenary.