Greek government-debt crisis

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has proposed that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) replace the auditors representing Greece?s so-called troika of international creditors, Kathimerini understands.

As Financial Times report the European Central Bank resists Greek new government’s latest bailout plan.

Greece needs a long-lasting funding agreement to avoid having its credit rating downgraded, a Fitch representative warned on Tuesday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received encouragement from his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi on Tuesday in Greece?s efforts to reach a new agreement with the eurozone but there are doubts about whether the European Central Bank will provide Athens with the liquidity it needs over the next few months.

The armed forces? internal affairs department has found evidence of wrongdoing in two military procurement cases and the government will forward this to the judiciary, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said Tuesday after meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

 ANEL leader says his MPs have right to vote according to their conscience

In the first sign of a disagreement within the new SYRIZA-led government, the leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, indicated that the party?s 13 MPs would not back a bill granting citizenship to the children of immigrants living in Greece.

Press reports on Tuesday fuelled speculation over an extraordinary Eurogroup meeting on Feb. 11 to focus entirely on the Greek issue.

Both leaders laughed during the exchange, with the Greek PM replying in kind by giving the Italian PM a CD.

Tsipras also promised to wear the tie when he wins the fight for a conclusive resolution to the Greek debt crisis.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Tuesday he believes Greece will be able to strike a deal with its EU partners over its massive debts.

?I believe the conditions exist to find an accord with the European institutions,? Renzi said at a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras following talks in Rome.

A circulated “non paper” — by the government itself – in tandem with an official statement by government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis that a SYRIZA government will not “flip flop” on the debt issue attempted to allay scrutiny on Tuesday of an “about face” in terms of policy.

The “non paper” made the following points, in telegraph fashion: