Update: Friday Jun 29, 2012

> EU SUMMIT

President Karolos Papoulias, who is leading the Greek delegation at the EU summit asked from the country’s European partners for more EU funds for Greece, urging them to adopt policies that will combat recession…

> NEW PARLIAMENT

The swearing-in ceremony for the country’s 300 MPs took place after 11 am at parliament yesterday. It is the first meeting of the assembly since the June 17 elections…

> PRIME MINISTER

In a letter to European Union leaders, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras wrote…

> TROIKA

The International Monetary Fund said yesterday it will send a fact-finding mission to Athens early next week for talks with Greece΄s new government and signaled it was open to discussing target adjustments under the economic programme…

> ROMANO PRODI

In an exclusive interview with Athens News Agency yesterday, former European Commission president and prime minister of Italy Romano Prodi stressed that “Greece should not be the only one to renegotiate; all of us should. We are all Greeks.”

> STALKING REUTERS IN ATHENS

According to a Reuters report: “A private security team was hired to follow and photograph a Reuters special correspondent who has written a series of articles exposing mismanagement in Greek banks. Stephen Grey, who was in Athens last week for further reporting, was followed to a meeting at a building in the city on June 20…