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Greek premier Alexis Tsipras dispatched a team of his top advisers to Brussels on Saturday to thrash out a deal to avert a default by Greece that European officials now say could be imminent.

Alt. Shipping Minister Thodoris Dritsas told private SKAI TV on Thursday that “everything is still in the air” concerning an agreement between Greece and its international creditors.

Greek Labor Minister Panos Skourletis said on Tuesday that Athens could not make more concessions in negotiations for a cash-for-reforms deal and its international lenders must assume their responsibilities.

"There is no room for more compromises. We are waiting for the other side to assume its responsibilities,» Skourletis told Greece's Skai TV.

Greek Labor Minister Panos Skourletis said on Tuesday that Athens could not make more concessions in negotiations for a cash-for-reforms deal and its international lenders must assume their responsibilities.

"There is no room for more compromises. We are waiting for the other side to assume its responsibilities,» Skourletis told Greece's Skai TV.

The vehicle of an employee working at the Skouries gold mine in Halkidiki, northern Greece, was completely destroyed in an arson attack in the area of Nea Roda on Monday.

The employee had recently appeared on Skai TV speaking in favor of the contested mining project.

Following his television appearance, the man alleged that he had received threats.

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece on Saturday said he was willing to consider exploiting Church assets in a bid to pay off the country's foreign debt. In an interview with private SKAI TV he clarified that he was not going to sell off Church property but exploit it.

Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis said on Wednesday he is in favor of public-private partnerships with more than one stakeholder for the privatization of the country?s infrastructure.

Greece expects to reach a cash-for-reforms deal with its creditors in the next 10 days and intends to meet all its payments in June, the government's spokesman said on Friday.

"We think conditions have matured for (talks) to progress further and in the next 10 days, in May, for the deal to be sealed," Gabriel Sakellaridis told Skai TV.

Greece aims to conclude a deal with its eurozone partners "soon", its government spokesman said on Thursday.

"We are doing everything to reach a mutually beneficial agreement. Our aim is to conclude this agreement soon," Gabriel Sakellaridis told Skai TV. "We are trying to find the common points."

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos drew parallels on Wednesday between Greece?s negotiations with the eurozone and Greeks? resistance to Ottoman occupiers more than two centuries ago.

The leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks also made a provocative comment regarding Skai TV.