Greece

Around 30 youths on Saturday threw stones at the home of Greek President Karolos Papoulias in central Athens, causing minor damage to the building and cars parked nearby

Greek league leader Panathinaikos lost 1-0 at Levadiakos, giving defending champion Olympiakos a chance to narrow its five-point gap with the Athens club.

Greece edged towards a deal on Saturday to avert a chaotic default, hammering out a plan for recapitalising its tottering banks, but other issues remain - and it must still persuade its political leaders to back painful reforms involved in the rescue.

Farmers protesting the low prices they get for their potatoes handed over 12 tons to an eager public in this northern Greek town of Thessaloniki.

Greece has agreed with euro zone partners on how to recapitalise Greek banks after a planned bond swap, but has yet to resolve issues related to labour reform and spending cuts in talks with lenders, the country's finance minister said on Saturday.

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos scored vital midweek victories over two strong Turkish teams to boost their chances of qualifying to the Euroleague playoffs.

Greece is to resume marathon talks with European and IMF officials on Saturday as negotiations to produce a bailout deal for its crisis-hit economy by next week reached a climax.

Greece's government on Saturday struggled on in talks with lenders to secure a 130 billion euro bailout before turning to the trickier task of persuading political leaders to back the unpopular reforms involved in the rescue.

Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is set to meet the leaders of the parties in his coalition government on Saturday amid mounting pressure from Greece’s lenders for further structural reforms and austerity measures.

The government on Friday insisted that the issue of German World War II reparations to Greece remained unresolved despite the International Court of Justice in The Hague rebuffing a Greek reparation claim for atrocities committed by Nazi troops in the village of Distomo, central Greece.