Leaders agree on ‘general direction’ for 11.5 bln euros in savings for 2013-14, no more cuts this year.

Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos called on any cadres of his beleaguered party who want to leave or set up a separate grouping to do so.

Coalition leaders meet Wednesday to mull cuts, which some ministers are resisting.

Health Minister Andreas Lykourentzos told a conference that the government’s aim is for state pharmaceutical expenditure to decline to 2.88 billion euros.

Yannis Stournaras is due to continue talks with cabinet colleagues after they failed to agree on the details of the cuts that need to be made to satisfy Greece’s lenders.

A citizens’ solidarity network, based on the premise of bringing together the needy with those able to donate various basic goods, held its first distribution session this week.

Human Rights Watch condemns Greece for racially motivated violence.

FinMin to start flurry of meetings with peers before coalition ‘summit’ on Wednesday.

The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner is to visit Athens soon for talks with government officials about a sharp increase in racially-motivated attacks on immigrants.

A powerful blast rocked the Kaminia area of Piraeus at around 3 in the afternoon on Sunday.