Ministry of Finance

As top government official announced, a Eurogroup video-conference is to be held on Tuesday on the list of reforms proposed by the Greek government.

The above announcement of the video-conference dropped as a bomb, since it raises questions as to whether is a positive sign or an omen indicating a gap that can not be bridged between Greek government and lenders.

For the third time in a little more than a week, 19 European finance ministers gathered in Brussels Friday to try to cut through the rhetoric and hammer out some way for debt-plagued Greece to stay in the euro.

New Democracy maintained a relatively low profile Thursday as it waited to see the outcome of the government?s negotiations with the eurozone.

The conservatives find themselves in a difficult position as they do not want their criticism of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition to appear like support for the stubborn negotiating line taken by the country?s lenders.

By Andrew Mayeda

US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew urged Greece to reach a deal with international creditors, warning that failure to do so would bring immediate hardship to Europe?s most indebted-state.

By Stephen Grey

Greece's new anti-corruption minister is not a politician, but he is in tune with the new crusading mood.

International attention on Greece since the SYRIZA party took over has focused on the leftist government's fight against an austerity package imposed from abroad.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Tuesday there was a consensus with Greece on issues such as debt and ruling out a haircut and reaching an agreement was mainly about wording.

There are a number of songs inspired by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis giving him something of a cult status? Infact regardless of your musical tastes there's probably a Varoufakis song for you:

Rebetiko version?"Yanis good-looking kid, Yanis leventis, Yanis showy? Varoufarastoryteller"

Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras convened an emergency meeting on the economy at the New Democracy?s headquarters on Tuesday.

Taking part in the meeting were former Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, former Alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and Samaras?s aides, Stavros Papastavros and Chrysanthos Lazaridis.

By Stephanie Bodoni & Corina Ruhe

The risk of Greece exiting the euro was raised to 50 percent by Commerzbank AG after talks with euro- area finance ministers broke down on Monday.

Eurogroup Finance Ministers ended their meeting without an agreement. The Radical Left Coalition's (SYRIZA) plan was accepted, but one statement proved a stumbling block: