Tourists ring the Acropolis in Athens on Saturday. Like the hugely popular monument, the economy of Greece is in danger of crumbling. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
Tourists ring the Acropolis in Athens on Saturday. Like the hugely popular monument, the economy of Greece is in danger of crumbling. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
Economy of travel, Greek style. The country's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis (front) and deputy minister for international economic relations Euclid Tsakalotos leave the Maximos Mansion after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens April 3, 2015. Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters
Economy of travel, Greek style. The country's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis (front) and deputy minister for international economic relations Euclid Tsakalotos leave the Maximos Mansion after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens April 3, 2015. Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters
A woman passes the front of the Acropolis metro station in Athens on Saturday. Greece and its international creditors are still struggling to agree on a list of economic reforms that are deemed necessary for the country to unlock emergency funds and stay afloat. Yorgos Karahalis / AP Photo
A woman passes the front of the Acropolis metro station in Athens on Saturday. Greece and its international creditors are still struggling to agree on a list of economic reforms that are deemed necessary for the country to unlock emergency funds and stay afloat. Yorgos Karahalis / AP Photo
The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, left, and deputy Foreign minister for international economic relations, Euclid Tsakalotos, prepare to leave on a motorcycle from the office of the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on Friday. The ministers met as the country faces a mounting challenge to meet its debt obligations and talks with rescue creditors have so far failed to break an impasse over future cost-cutting reforms. Petros Giannakouris / AP Photo
The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, left, and deputy Foreign minister for international economic relations, Euclid Tsakalotos, prepare to leave on a motorcycle from the office of the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on Friday. The ministers met as the country faces a mounting challenge to meet its debt obligations and talks with rescue creditors have so far failed to break an impasse over future cost-cutting reforms. Petros Giannakouris / AP Photo
Police officers detain an anti-establishment protester, who together with comrades staged a protest in the entrance to the Greek parliament building in Athens in support of hunger strikers on April 1. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
Police officers detain an anti-establishment protester, who together with comrades staged a protest in the entrance to the Greek parliament building in Athens in support of hunger strikers on April 1. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
Yanis Varoufakis, left, and deputy minister for international economic relations Euclid Tsakalotos leave the Maximos Mansion after a meeting with prime minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens April 3, 2015. Greece will pay a loan tranche due on April 9 to the International Monetary Fund on time, its deputy finance minister said on Friday, seeking to quell fears of default after a flurry of contradictory statements on the issue in recent days. Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters
Yanis Varoufakis, left, and deputy minister for international economic relations Euclid Tsakalotos leave the Maximos Mansion after a meeting with prime minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens April 3, 2015. Greece will pay a loan tranche due on April 9 to the International Monetary Fund on time, its deputy finance minister said on Friday, seeking to quell fears of default after a flurry of contradictory statements on the issue in recent days. Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters
Greek pensioners rally in central Athens demanding the raising of their pensions on April1. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
Greek pensioners rally in central Athens demanding the raising of their pensions on April1. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
A woman buys fruit from a street vendor in Monastiraki Square, central Athens on Saturday. Yorgos Karahalis / AP Photo
A woman buys fruit from a street vendor in Monastiraki Square, central Athens on Saturday. Yorgos Karahalis / AP Photo
Od drachma banknotes in a poster in the centre of Athens on April 1. Many Greeks now miss the days of the drachma. Aris Messinis / AFP
Od drachma banknotes in a poster in the centre of Athens on April 1. Many Greeks now miss the days of the drachma. Aris Messinis / AFP

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Greece waits for reform news – In pictures

Liz Claus

April 05, 2015

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As European ministers negotiate the possibility of a further bailout package for Greece, life goes on in the Greek capital.

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