Jeroen Dijsselbloem

The government on Monday sought to appear upbeat about the agreement it reached with the country's creditors over the weekend, and which was approved by eurozone finance ministers earlier in the day, but the atmosphere within leftist SYRIZA is tense as dozens of reforms must be legislated in the coming weeks, some of them contentious.

Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels have approved a staff-level agreement (SLA) between Greece's government and representatives of the country's creditor institutions reached on Saturday, sources have told Kathimerini.

Outgoing Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem has welcomed a staff-level agreement (SLA) between Greece's government and representatives of the country's creditor institutions reached on Saturday.

"It was quite exceptional," that the agreement was reached in time, said Dijsselbloem in Brussels ahead of his last eurogroup meeting. "Today we will discuss the following steps," he added.

Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned on Thursday that more needs to be done to wrap up the third bailout review by the end of the year. Addressing the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Dutch official expressed optimism however that the deadline will be met.

Greece’s international creditors have warned Athens to make sufficient progress in the implementation of agreed reforms, if the third review is to be completed smoothly.

Greece's bailout program is back on track and fellow eurozone members stand ready, if necessary, to do more to manage its debt burden if Athens does its part, Eurogroup Chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Monday.

"We have managed to help the debt burden, a lot has been done there. We stand ready, if they do their part, to do more if necessary," the Dutch official said.

Greece's bailout program is back on track and fellow eurozone members stand ready, if necessary, to do more to manage its debt burden if Athens does its part, Eurogroup Chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Monday.

Opposition New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis is heading to Brussels this week to present his party's plan to get the country back on its feet, following leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's efforts to convince wary investors to take an interest in Greece during his visit to the US.

Caretaker Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem will leave national politics when a new government takes office in approximately two weeks, a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday.

De Volkskrant newpaper, with historic ties to Dijsselbloem's Labor party, said it had viewed a letter the politician sent to the chairwoman of Dutch parliament.

Greece's bailout program will proceed as planned, eurozone financial leaders said Monday, shrugging off concerns that the new German government may harden its stance on the aid plan and debt relief for Athens.