Update: Thursday Jun 21, 2012

> NEW PRIME MINISTER

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in as prime minister yesterday whilst the members of his cabinet are expected to be named later today…

> COALITION TALKS

The three party leaders decided to travel to Brussels next week for EU leaders’ summit in a symbolic gesture towards EU partners. Venizelos and Kouvelis will meet with representatives of their European party groupings…

> G20 ON GREECE

In a G20 declaration is mentioned: “…Euro Area members of the G20 will take all necessary policy measures to safeguard the integrity and stability of the area, improve the functioning of financial markets and break the feedback loop between sovereigns and banks. We look forward to the Euro Area working in partnership with…

> “WE CAN TALK ABOUT EXTENSIONS”

“There can be no discussions about changing the substance of the agreements but as I indicated three or four weeks ago we can by all means talk about extensions,” Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker told Austrian radio…

> IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will send a team to Greece to review the country΄s stumbling rescue program as soon as a new government is formed, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said yesterday…

> “MOVING AHEAD WITH DEEPER ECONOMIC & FISCAL INTEGRATION”

In a statement by Presidents Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso on the results of the G20 summit in Los Cabos it is argued: “…G20 leaders recognised the value of the European project and of the EU’s currency, the euro. They welcomed the measures taken in Europe to stabilise our economies and our financial system and expressed support for…