Investors await Greek bailout plan

Greek shares are flat as investors await the details of a last-minute compromise proposal from Athens to break a deadlock with European creditors over Greece’s frozen bailout programme.

Government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis says Greece is doing everything it can to reach a speedy and mutually acceptable deal with the other 18 European countries that use the euro.

But he insisted that the new radical left-led government would not accept further austerity measures to secure continuation of the bailout support the country needs.

Eurozone finance ministers have given Greece until Friday to request an extension of its current austerity and reform programme.

The weeks-old government in Athens is expected to submit a proposal later today for extension of the loans, without further austerity.