. >> it will be in both athens and brussels. that is important to note. inc. you very much. as we just heard, the next big step begins on wednesday. that is when so-called technical teams will head to brussels and athens to begin monitoring the bailout plan and the promises made to get the money are being kept. >> for the greek public, this means more talks. >> athens is playing for time but if there is no agreement soon greece's state coffers will be empty. postelection bullishness has been short-lived. ask whoever borrows is a stray -- is a slave to his lender. the measures taken will be to the measures advantage. >> the finance minister is trying to keep up the pressure saying athens could call an election or a referendum if the eurozone rejects its plans. >> i think they should take a more formal approach. people are confused and taking their money out of the banks. they are constantly having to find money. >> a newspaper poll indicates 70% of greeks want to find the view but many are not optimistic of success. >> we are not

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but an agreement with athens was never reach. berlin says there is no issue. >> germany is very serious about its historical responsibility. the suffering that the nazis inflicted on many countries, but this changes nothing about our position and our strong conviction that the question of reparations and compensation has, in our opinion, been resolved finally and conclusively. >> that is a view that greece has never shared. the new government in athens promises to push ahead with the claims and says it will seize german assets if berlin does not pay up. >> could athens go ahead and make good on that threat? for more, let's bring in our political correspondent, terry martin. what is it looking like? is there concern in berlin that athens might push this forward? reporter: the german government is sticking to its position that all reparations claims relating to the second world war have been dealt with in past agreements. this applies to greece as well. as forced the german government is concerned, the legal and political case rega

greece has warned of on possible. >> referee: done if the euro zone rejects athens' propose think. let's go live to speak to john. on february 20th the sort of two groups the greeks and euro groups seemed to come to some kind of agreement based on reforms that greece is going to presents and implement. it kind of all seems to have deteriorated since then. >> reporter: well, athens is quick to points out that it appreciates this as a first step towards climbing back to viable finances and normalizes its relations with the euro zone, hailing it as a positive beginning following the 20th of february agreements with the euro zone, which is just a framework agreement, of course. but this does appear to be a second concession forced upon athens after they were effectively rail roaded in to accepting a four-month extension of the loan agreement together with the package of austerity mesh theirs it carries. this now appears to be a stepping down from the greek position that the government in athens will speak only to the heads of the institutions, rather than to the inspectors and the tech

humiliation for athens or a victory? talks resume on bailout arrangements mainly in brussels but also in athens. they were adamant that the troika would never return. we have more now on the new tense times after their meeting on monday. >> there is no time to lose. they agree that greek bankruptcy is not desirable. the mood however is tense. the group says greece has been time wasting. >> we have spent two weeks discussing who meets hwo where -- wh o who where. we have talked about this long enough. let's talk on wednesday. >> technical teams will go to athens despite the vow the troika would not return. he gave a firm rejection. >> i think we were very speedy in the way we responded to the circumstances that we inherited. >> they have extended current loan arrangements until june. a final charge of 7.5 billion euros hangs in the balance. athens has three debt payments by the 20th of this month. the meeting did not discuss a possible third bailout for greece. >> we leave you in alaska where hundreds of dogs have set off

what years. >> guest: so, in athens solan is acting in 510bc the end of the sixth century. goes the other way when you're going backwardses and plato and aristotle are writing in the 300s so athennian democracy comes to an end after alexander the great fights a battle that essentially extinguishes it in 322. there were a few skim mitches after that, and i then i write about the period under alexander's general and then you have the rise of rome. the roman republic, articles arguably established in 510, and gradually becoming new institutions being folder. the emergence of the tribune of the -- other new roman institutions until essentially again it's extinguish with a battle 25 years before the birth of christ. and then i write a little bit about the early centuries of the roman empire after the birth of christ. >> host: another one of the ideas and why they matter today, according to professor melissa lane is cosmopolitanism. >> guest: this is very interesting. for the greeks politics was really something that took place in the city state bounded by the city walls and the

this is europe pushing athens into a corner as well as athens painting itself into a corner, coming up with extremely aggressive attitudes toward the rest of europe referring to world war ii and things like that, and at the same time expecting that these exact same people are going to be the ones giving concessions to will always be a pipe dream as far as athens is concerned. it's just the same thing. they'll have to do the reforms, have to come up with something credible. the only difference is they're actually starting to trying to catch the european commission and european leaders want to see, is greece serious about tackling the reforms they didn't do in the past couple of years. be it privatization, be it liberalizing certain professions. also making is sure their tax collection function have said better. the way athens has had to do austerity over the past couple of years was mainly focused on cutting spending, precisely, because cutting taxes is to different. and if athens is serious about tackling these things, i think the rest of europe would be quite pleased. because for the

it was decided that creditors would return to athens. it was unclear last night whether any appointment had been confirmed as greece runs out of money, time, and allies. is it in a position to push back? hans nichols is in berlin. where are we? will they be allowed to look at the books? hans: mark we know that auditors are due to arrive in athens today. we know from two former troika officials and two greek officials that there weren't any meetings planned. a separate official in brussels said everything was going according to schedule. we don't know if there is time for these officials to actually look at the books. here is what mr. viso bluhm said yesterday. he seems to be increasing his rhetoric and his worry. he says we can only start discussions when people are welcome in athens. if that remains an issue, the process won't start and the clock continues to tick. i told the greek minister it will have to start tomorrow. that is mr. dijsselbloem saying his credibility is on the line. how much time does athens have? how much money does

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they had urged athens to consult with creditors. great premise or lexuses press -- greek primus or lexuses press said it is the first to be ordered by the greeks rather than -- greek prime minister alexis tsipras said it is the first ordered by greeks rather than autocrats. reporter: it is an anti-austerity bill. it includes measures to give the country's poorest families free food and electricity. >> we will not back down from what we promise. on january 25, the greeks asked us to put in and to austerity and daylight agreements to begin the process of reclaiming the dignity of the nation, and to start a real negotiation with european partners. reporter: the governments of the measures will cost some 200 million euros, which will be offset by cutbacks on spending and ministries. since greece's financial crisis began in 2000 eight, job cuts and reduced pensions and wages mean more and more families rely on charities to get by. >> these first measures from the government are good, but they are not enough. solutions are need or the cau

let's get over to athens now. walk me through the timing. eurogroup finance ministers are suggesting that there may be weeks left in which greece is solvent. >> it seems to be a matter of weeks. it is hard to predict when the stockholder move could happen. mr. varoufakis was asked several times yesterday and he did not say. it all depends on revenue and cash flows. they 02 billion euros in debt payment this week and it should be fine, but as we approach the end of march, things will be getting tighter. it has been important to describe what is happening here. the greek state is gradually shutting down nonessential operations. public investment is put on hold. government subsectors like universities and hospitals are building up with suppliers and vendors. i've at investors are reluctant to invest because of the uncertainty. -- private investors are reluctant to invest because of the uncertainty. we have seen a steep drop in deposits, even steeper than what we saw in 2002. the whole economy is a stick seating. even if greece manages to meet i

i do not control athens. all i know is that we can only release further loans from european funds if there is agreement on the total package and they start implementing reforms. two weeks have gone by and they are on their own. they stand ready to work on wednesday. >> the past two weeks has been a complete waste of time. it was quite quick, according to an official. they asked if the discussion can start soon. it was noted wednesday and the deal was done. >> how did the finance minister react? >> he said he greece has not been wasting time in the past two weeks. and there is a ms. handed -- a misunderstanding by the press. and this is the first batch of reforms. he was critical of the troika. >> some colleagues of mine, through inertia, they utilized words. we are not having anything like this again. >> he says he will not accept the troika. they come together and impose on greece. he will make the data available and he does not want to hear the word troika ever again. >> not a fan of linguistic ownership. m

relations between athens and relay and can best be described as i see. terry: are things getting worse? >> they are getting tense all around and getting worse. and a war of words between athens and berlin where as a de-escalation, where is it going to come from? we desperately need it. this war of words is having a real impact. and insurgents. terry: there appears to be pockets of support and berlin for that. tell us more about them. >> it is certainly a departure because government thought terrible atrocities. this difficult matter to history 's chapter is closed. terry: political correspondent. thank you very much. monika: markets changed their tune on tuesday. it ended an amazingly strong rally. >> it went up by more than 2% yesterday. and so, many investors thought that it was time for a break. nevertheless, the general mood remains very good. monika: down by more than 1.5%. terry: and it is the holiday st. patrick's day. monika: it was the combination of saint patrick who is said to have brought christianity to ireland in a different injury. very ni

francine: what can athens due to meet their obligations without new money? hans: they can draw from their social security trust fund. that is one of the options under consideration. they could draw from the trust fund into the common account. the problem is that the trust fund needs to sign off and say this is ok and you are really just sloshing money around. you don't deal with the underlying problem. what are they going to do with bigger payments? april is not a tough month. may, june, july, they are going to have big payments that they are going to need to make and they will likely need the eu imf, ecb money if they are going to hope to stay current in their program. guy: hans nichols in berlin. thank you very much indeed. francine: we will continue to talk about the developments in greece. we will be talking to the former italian prime minister mario monti coming up on "the pulse." guy: as the greek drama plays out, we're not sure if it is zero pities or aristophanes -- euripides or aristophanes at this point, euro-dollar continues to play out. what will

let's get the markets in athens. give us the view from athens. how isolated does greece feel at the moment? what are the tension points with the creditors? as we heard from jones, there are these meetings arranged. marcus: greece is pretty isolated right now. over the last few weeks questions have been going on in the technical level without really progressing. a lot of the discussion, a lot of the arguments have been about what has that agreement actually meant. obviously, there's frustration all around on the lack of progress. there was a meeting of euro area finance officials which is where a lot of these discussions are hammered out. there was a meeting on monday which was by all accounts short and bad tempered. one of the complaints from the institutions formally known as the troika was greece is pushing ahead with what they call unilateral measures specifically legislation being driven through parliament tackling the social crisis and more legislation. the technocrats say this is -- they weren't consulted enough. on the greek side, they are

athens is hoping for additional help which could release 2 million euros in aid funds this year. these 2 billion euros are not intended to fill the coffers but to boost the economy. it is meant to spur growth and more social equity in the country. but it is not just all about greece. the second day focused on the turmoil in libya and tunisia. >> there is no other option apart from the dialogue and the dialogue has to bring results. it is the future of the country. it is the future of the region and the future of european security at stake. reporter: they are talking about libya. we asked our correspondent about the chances that european troops can be deployed to north africa on a peacekeeping mission. reporter: the southern border of the european union is back on the map because of what happened in tunisia this week. there were horrible terrorist attacks but also because of the situation in libya. the approach for tunisia is more cooperation, trying to help the authorities to transition to democracy and the approach in that be a has to be different. it is a failing state. they ne

do we celebrate them in athens? tom: i was there for a week and i think the angry side of that is pretty obvious. they get pretty frustrated as a general sense. perhaps they are not paying tax, etc. the interesting thing to look at is the new government. they had pretty aggressive rhetoric that these guys need to pay more. since then, there has not been much about that. i think they may be trying to work out what to do with these guys. jonathan: if i was a millionaire in a country with a communist government i would be concerned. i haven't heard one of these guys and please correct me if you have, get on the record and say, this government is good for the country. what have you heard? tom: there is a bit of concern. greeks liked to be based in their own country. there are a lot of benefits for them. from a business point of view politically there are more business friendly governments. they are not that worried because the shipping industry can just move everything offshore. jonathan: have they been doing that? tom:

officials are heading to athens and they are already there. the question is, are they actually going to have meetings? that was the question coming out of yesterday. it does not look like any scheduled meetings. they are looking at the books poring over the accounts receivable and what is coming in and out. it is important in order to entertain any possibility of getting that total. he started to hand that his credibility is on the line and that we can only start discussions when people are welcome in athens. if that remains an issue, it will continue to take. i told the greek minister that it will have to start tomorrow or i will lose credibility. there are questions on how long greece's government can fund itself. two-three weeks according to an official who refused to give his name. to get the additional bailout money they have to implement the reforms. before they do that everybody has to look at what the books are saying. anna: hans nichols keeping an eye on all things greek. let's go back to ashok. you talk about the risk to profits. tha

thank you so much for weighing in from athens. ben: she was talking about a reboot of relations there. what about the reboot of the political landscape in france? marine le pen's far right national front has been denied a thought -- first-place finish. sarah: they took second place to the conservative ump alliance under former president nicolas sarkozy. ben: and fresh blood to france will hollande's -- two francois hollande -- to francois hollande's party. reporter: france is divided into three main camps, the conservatives around nicolas sarkozy, marine le pen and the socialists of manuel valls. the are being -- these elections are being seen as a bellwether for the next presidential elections. >> i voted for the national front. they should get even more votes. if you want to know why, you should take a look around you. the rise of the national front and this mentality -- that worries me. reporter: all suggested the far right national front would win but it's leader -- win but it didn't. marine le pen still called it a triumph. i

let's get to the development in athens. trying to find some support. >> the lawmakers were opposition lawmakers and found plenty to fault. it was a noisy and confrontational session that lasted until athens time. >> the greek government has to respond and there are reform proposals with people we spoke to. they were unimpressed with the lack of detail and specificity. there was a lack of technical and budgetary rigor applied to some proposals and they have to seek an on rebel compromise. >> where does this go? we have been talking about more detail since they were elected. >> we started in 2009 and we will make it to 2016 for everyone a compromise has to be found. if not, if the situation begins to unravel and the membership is questioned and done in, it would be a drastic failure for europe and i do not think it is anything anybody would want to tolerate. >> have they considered other lenders and sources of money? >> there are mischief makers and, he gave an interview. he will be and russia next week. one of his first acts

. >> who are some of the leaders of ex- >> if we think about athens one of the interesting things that emerge is in the speeches so one of the most important figures in its history is the lawgivers. it would become a democratic path at the beginning of the sixth century and at the period he established the principle of justice but the rich and the poor but there was a kind of period where they got the upper hand and became tyrants. at first they were not tyrants in the bad sense they might be good to the ordinary people but by the end they did become quite corrupt and it is in about 5:10 that they are overthrown and they start to take the real turn towards becoming a democracy under crisis and then later in the next century others. >> who had more authority is at the greek was at the greek people or the roman people? >> in many ways, the people in the sense of the popular ordinary poor people have the greatest authority more than the poor dead in rome and they played key roles for the court system so they were stuffed by the jury is as well as 500 people and there were no professional

is that the perception in athens as well? marcus: certainly, a large number of entities have commented and made fun of here as well. on the other hand, it is worth noting when it comes tomorrow focus himself -- to varoufakis himself, he has been a model of civility in all this. perhaps we need to step away from the personalization of insults. it is worth noting that he gave an interview on greek tv on wednesday night where the journalists really pushed him hard on this point, really tried to get a rise out of him. the latest incident was one of the things they put in the medley of clips. in the lead up, they mentioned a few incidents. generally, it plays into this whole feeling that this debate is being personalized on varoufakis, that it is not just about countering what the guy is saying. all of a sudden, the eurogroup it is becoming very clear that a lot of varoufakis' counterparts just don't like the guy. he said look, i'm not -- he refused to be drawn into a personalized dispute. he said, our relations have been very res

marcus joins us from athens. caroline, let's start with you. caroline: on russia, which was on the agenda like greece in brussels, they decided to put off the decision to aging summit. -- a june summit. the eu sanctions expire in july. they might extend these until the end of the year. which would match the timeline of the minsk agreement. [no audio] guy: we seem to be having technical difficulties from brussels. you are looking at live pictures from brussels as leaders gather in enter the building. we will monitor what they have to say. we will get a sense of where we stand on two issues of russia and greece. let's go to athens. marcus is standing by. how would you characterize last night's minisummit? what progress was made as mr. tsipras met with leaders of france, germany and the ecb? marcus: a month since the february 20 agreement which culminated in the minisummit and relations reached a low. people or complaining about little progress. a chance to press the reset button. greece now has to submit a list of reforms. one of the keywords in

officials coming down to athens to ask -- inspect the books. they apparently are going to have to get the go-ahead. francine: you just talked about the numbers and the situation. we had a former italian prime minister and one of the big lawmakers in germany and both of them were saying they were fed up with the rhetoric from the greek government. is that fair? hans: in some ways, the rhetoric is not all that material because the german position has been remarkably consistent, that greece needs to fulfill the program the initial bailout program, if they want to get an initial 7.2 billion. they are going to need that money. they are going to need additional money to make some payments. they are going to need to follow the program. the rhetoric is not helpful, but the germans are shrugging it off because their position is unchanged and has been for the last 10 weeks. francine: you are right. thank you so much. that brings us to the twitter question. do you agree that the ecb's stance toward greece is asp hyxiating? who better to talk about greece

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the problem is not so much liquidity in athens as a political problem. jonathan: thank you for joining us this morning. that is our markets man in athens. let's get the perspective from brussels. caroline connan is standing by. what is the view from brussels? it is day two of the meeting of eu leaders. is it another day of achieving very little? caroline: it may be, jon. there is a lot of frustration from eu leaders. basically, one month after the eurogroup, they say all you need to do is implement these reforms that you agreed during the eurogroup exactly one month ago today. greece was not even on the official agenda of eu leaders last night but greek prime minister alexis tsipras requested a separate meeting with angela merkel and the french president, francois hollande. angela merkel said at this meeting which finished around 3:00 a.m. here in brussels that the greeks seem to be committed. now we have to trust them. we have to take the face value of what they are saying. we saw that trust between greece and eu partners. alexis tsipras said he was opt

. >> the european commission president jean-claude juncker has called for solidarity to help athens. after talks with the greek prime minister in brussels, he also said athens needs to speed up reform. >> that message got support from martin scholz. concern is growing over their ability to pay its debt. >> it was the greek prime minister's second visit since taking office and just like the first time his priority was earning the trust of skeptical lawmakers. cyprus held separate talk with martin scholz, trying to persuade him greece is moving the reform process forward. he says europe must to do its part. >> it is time to give a message to the people, not only implement, obligations -- >> it is unclear whether they will receive more bailout loans. they are looking to other programs to help combat social problems. he did not include that excludes -- exclude that, but says it is counterproductive to pay reparation for world war ii. >> i told him i recognize germany's responsibility for its past actions. it would be inappropriate to mix the issue of her creations with the management of

but athens is struggling to provide a timeline and clear plan for the reforms. weekend talks with eu representatives did not make much progress. european partners are worried. they say there is a lot left to be done. between jenny jen -- between 2010-14, as the greek budget was able to cut billions of euros and was able to raise the same amount by raising taxes, but growth dropped her medically and gdp fell by almost 26%. greece -- dropped dramatically and gdp fell by almost 26%. get -- debt skyrocketed to about 186 percent of gdp. there are new worries that they are running the country into the ground. now athens must produce its list of reforms to unlock 7.2 billion euros in emergency funds. without the funding, the country is set to run out of money by the end of april will stop -- by the end of april. >> we get more from our markets reporter in frankfurt. >> time is running out for greece. it's not a pretty situation people are saying here. some are angry at the way the greek are behaving. still, it's not a burden for the market. people are sure that they wi

anna: let's try to get out to athens. i hope you can hear me this time. how cash-strapped is greece at the moment? then: -- ben: we are getting down to the last coppers. no one knows exactly how long the greek government can last but we are seeing reports that they are pulling cash from public companies, essentially having to scramble together every time there is a major payment. they need to make 1.5 billion euros of pension and salary payments before the end of march, then they have treasury bill redactors coming in april. there are several hurdles coming up which look extremely challenging given the lack of funding. anna: what consequences are therefore the broader economy? it sounds as if there could be severe consequences if this is where the money is coming from. ben: we are already seeing that the economy was growing and those trends have reversed in the last couple of months. as the government scrambles around, pulling money from these different parts of the public sector, it is sucking the life blood the rest of the economy, which is exactly the

this subset now seems to be focusing on precisely that area. >> john, thanks for that in athens there. >>> now egypt's counting on foreign investors to inject money into its economy. ment some report that egypt is putting foreign investors' interests before it's own people. >> reporter: egypt is hoping that foreign investors will pump money into its struggling economy. the ministry of invest produced this promotionnal video for its economic development conference that begins on friday. but a new report from egyptian center for economic and social right says that egypt's quest for foreign money is violating human rights damaging the environment, and allowing companies to get away with theft and tax evasion. new laws give multi national companies immunity and shield them from prosecution in the courts when allegations of corruption and embezzlement arise. the center for social rights says that it's crushing workers rights. the government's message to potential invest certificates despite the turmoil since the 2011 revolution, the country is a safe bet. >> it is stable, back and ready to

at 15, he went to sea as a merchant marine, then spent decades swinging hammers in athens. now at age 84, he herds about 100 goats, a few dozen sheep, rabbits and chickens on a farm cut into the side of a mountain. very nice. oh, they're still warm. thank you. thank you. his 80-year-old bride takes care of the grandkids, grows veggies for the most amazing greek salads and fries up the zucchini flowers and peppers with the love of a grandmother an the hands of a welder. >> shall i make a plate for you? >> thank you. but these are not hobbies, this is their supermarket. >> that would be 50 bucks at whole foods. >> exactly. >> every meal requires a vertical hike, a damp brow, a stooped back. not bad considering alexandro's trick knee. handicap accessible, my ass. and that step. not bad considering antiope's bout with intestinal cancer 37 years ago. since it's gone now, she calls it her health adventure. when asked to explain her miraculous recovery, she shrugs. i did nothing, she says, and explained she had to be strong for her children. alexandro shows us the room he was born

the clock is ticking for at thenz -- athens to get their financial affairs in order. >>> well up come back. coming up in this half hour the economic toll the fighting is takes on the people of ukraines. >> how worms could bring women in guatemala out of extreme poverty. >> the internationally recognized government of libya has been pushed to the east after losing control of tripoli. as he was sworn in they were attack the tripoli. he said his deployment will complicate matters there. >> he said arab israelis not loyal to the country should not be part of the state of israel. he made that comment at a conference ahead of next weeks's elections. >>> the supreme court today refused to take up two cases involving gb gb guantanamo bay detainees. it declined to hear from a syrian man saying he was tortured. a lower court ruled he can't sue for damages. the justices declined an appeal from a civil liberty groups that wants to publish photos from a current detainees. the photos show he's been abused. the supreme court's refusal means a prior ruling stand that said the picturing could be used

the main talk is in brussels, but some people will have to be on the ground in athens. >> i am pleased to announce today that as of wednesday morning, the day off tomorrow, our team will commence technical discussions with the institutions here in brussels. so let the work begin to work we storing our country after a very long time of this crisis. >> one of greece's problems is tax evasion and now a crack down is underway to force tacky vaders to pay up. john has more from athens. >> reporter: two years ago an anonymous whistle blower left customs documents on the doorstep. they show that some of the companies in the petrol haulage business could not account for the delivery of thousands of tonight tons of fuel. the fuel was effectively lost along with the tax which should have been paid on it. papers had been drawn up for a court case in to tax fraud which never happened. >> translator: these customs documents were hidden in drawers for years, they didn't come to trial. this is one way of taking care of business when faced with indict think. stuffing things in drawers until the statut

al jazeera athens. >> there are reports of casualties in somalia. we'll bring you more details on that. >> south africans president brushed back a cause to investigate state funds spent on row believe his home. he was heckled in parliament by opposition members when he refused to explain how and when he plans to repay the money. he's been asked to return more than $20 million. >> thousands of employees at a shoe factory in china are back at work after a three day strike. nearly 6,000 employees walked out of the factory over concerns about government benefits and payout. the factory supplies several international fashion houses, including guess burbury and prada. >> four years ago australia's economy was the end of the world, but now there are clouds on the horizon. unemployment is above the levels seen in the united states and much of europe, and australian dollar that fallen 30% from its peak. behind it is the collapse of commodities like iron ore. >> he is spending time in his garden. until last december, he was a geologist in the mining industry

they are insisting on a detailed programme from athens before releasing more funds. the greek government faces a cash crisis within weeks if it fails. >>> more planes belonging to libya's recognised government reportedly attacked the last functioning airport. it is controlled by a rival government base in tripoli. fighting between the two killed hundreds. many of the victims came from misrata, 200km east of tripoli. >> reporter: this family is in mourning. they lost two of their sons. abdul was killed in fighting at tripoli's airport in july. and their other son, a doctor died in december treating the wounded at a hospital when it was shelled. >> this shelling of hospitals, food stores and warehouses and pounding civilian airports. >> reporter: the family blames this man. former general khalifa haftar, a former army general. his operation started in may last year. his men have taken large swathes of territory, and he says he's going after fighters in the region linked to i.s.i.l. his rivals in tripoli are accused of bombing oil installations in the east. the family i

officials rejected the reform measures as inadequate, prompting discussions of a referendum over in athens. rebecca christie joins us now from brussels. great to have you with us. why did the eu project the proposals and not quite clear what this will be a referendum over. any clarity on that? >> what is going on in brussels today probably won't be a decision. the deal that greece got last month was to allow for more months for the continuation of talks over the current bailout program and what it might follow on afterwards. there weren't any decisions penciled in today. although everyone would love to have a decision made a, you can get the money the truth is they have a lot more talking to do. >> it seems the bar is pretty low for the meeting in brussels. what are we expecting from the eurogroup if anything at all? >> we are expecting a lot of discussion between the greeks and authorities. the greeks are saying, if we can't get a deal with the european authorities, we may need to consider a referendum which would be asking greek voters, do you want us to make the really tough cuts being

excuse me, you are in athens. what is happening right now? jim: there is no legislation being debated. each party leader get to give a talk, give a speech on how they think things should go in response to his remarks, which was at about 9:30 local time half an hour ago. each one is going through their lines. it is a little bit of a set piece of political stagecraft. really not much drama. alix: what happens tomorrow then you jim: -- then? jim: the brussels group, the ed -- the eu officials are going to be back at it with greek officials. they are trying to work through their differences. as we heard today from our sources in european capitals they are not terribly impressed with the proposals that the greeks have thrown their way. alix: does greek have some kind of contingency plan? andrey: the main negotiations are going to be about that that level. if they reduce let that reduce debt all the problems are going to go away. they're not absolutely correct. i'm shown -- i'm sure we're going to go through these negotiations. ultimately they are

head to head but do they see eye to eye, greek and german leaders give clues on how to prevent athens from going bust. get out of facebook india supreme court strikes down a law for police to arrest people for comments online. ♪ the u.n. special envoy to yemen says warring parties will meet in qatar for peace talks later this week to dampen an increasing conflict between houthi rebels and the president hadi. [chanting] people in yemen's third largest city have been rallying against houthis after they took over much of the city on thursday. the houthis are said to have opened fire on the crowd killing one person injuring 11 and hadi foreign minister appealed for international help to help the houthis advance and charlie has more. >> reporter: this is a country on the brink of civil war. but residents are not going quietly as thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters in return they are fired on and tear gassed. the city yemen's third largest was taken on sunday with government buildings and international airport under houthi control and yemen is increasingly divide

the as john reports from athens the government wants people to change how they can apply for political asylum. >> reporter: this is comfort food for mohamed. a simple bread made from flour and water dipped in broccoli stew. he shares it with fellow pakistani flat mates in a basement they call home on the outskirts of agents ens. he is trying to wash away the taste of detention center where he's just spent nine months and what happened to another pakistani detainee. >> he had been locked for 20 months, he was released and given a month to live free, but was arrested again. he told police he needed to work and sends money home to his mother and brother and sister, but they didn't listen. three hours after they brought him in, he hanged himself. >> reporter: the second suicide in as many months here, testament to the failure i've policy of indefinite detention for people who aren't criminals. and even applies to minors and asylum applicants. flaunting europe's pretrial detention limit of 18 months was greece's most recent meth you would for dealing with irregular migrants. the council cri

he shares it with fellow pakistani flat mates in a basement they call home in athens. he's trying to wash away the taste of the detention center where he just spent nine months. and what happened there to another pakistani detain detain. >> translator: he was released and then arrested again. three hours after they brought him in he hanged himself. >> reporter: the second suicide in as many months here. testament to the failure of a policy of indefinite detention for people who aren't criminals. flaunting europe's pretrial detention limit of 18 months was greece's most recent method of dealing with regular migrants. the change in government has brought a change in policy. this camp is being wound down. its inmates are being released at a rate of about 30 a day. they have no travel documents enabling authorities to deport them. the new left-wing government is thinking of turning detention centers into migrant camps allowing them to work in the fields. it wants europe to change the rules and allow people who need political protection to apply for asylum anywhere in europ

greasegreece and german leaders give few clues as to how they will prevent athens from going bust. >>> get out move facebook. india strikes down a law allowing police to arrest people for comments online. ♪ ♪ >>> the u.n. special envoy to yemen says talks aimed at resolving the crisis there will be held here in qatar. houthi fighters are now in generally's third largest city. jamal has warned that the escalating violence is pushing the country towards civil war. charlie has more. >> reporter: this is a country on the brink of civil war. but the residents are not going quietly. thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters in return, they are fired on and teargassed. their city, generally's third largest, was take own sunday with government buildings and international airport now under houthi control. yemen is increase big divided between a north controlled by the houthis who allegedly are backed by iran and a south dominated by supporters of ousted president man hadi. now the country's foreign minister is peeling for help from the gulf corporation council to hold b

our athens bureau chief is with us now. i thought the greek government basically capitulated in germany and its creditors at least for a while. i thought they had an agreement in place that was going to last at least a few months. why now are we hearing rumblings from the european side? >> well yes we had an agreement a couple of weeks ago to extend the availability of bailout funds, the availability period of bailout funds from greece. we do not have an agreement to disperse those funds. in order for greece to get any money, he needs to implement complete commitments to it promised pension reforms still tax reforms, public administration reforms. instead the government in athens came up with a list which includes much less substantial commitments like wiring tourists and recruiting them as amateur tax inspectors and equipping citizens -- matt: wait a second -- wait, wait one second. tourists that to be tax inspectors? stephanie: after the official tax collectors for decades have been unable to collect taxes from greek citi

what is the best outcome he can travel to athens with? marcus: the best news he can travel back with is cash because that's what greece needs but below that the talk out of here from the government is that they want a political agreement, they want a political deal because at the moment they've been talking at a different level. there was a-year-old working group meeting and those are finance ministry officials and there was a meeting on monday which by all accounts was a pretty short and bad tempered one. one of the things that officials are complaining about is that greece is taking unilateral measures with unclear fiscal impact which they see as a violation of the agreement to extend their loan. more specifically what they are referring to is legislation going through parliament intra-greece on tackling greece's social crisis. greece is saying, we cannot be on a level where they are dictating every level of policy. so this is what tsipras is trying to get at to go over the heads of the technocrats at the summit. manus: thank you very m

we go live to athens. this is bloomberg "surveillance," streaming on your tablet from the phone and bloomberg.com. ♪ tom: good morning. the euro, 1.0818. a subtle market. let's get to some difficult top headlines. brendan: in germany, investigators trying to learn why andres with us decided to commit suicide. he took 100 49 people with him. lubitz was the copilot of the plane that plunged into the french alps tuesday. authorities believe he intentionally crashed the a320. egyptian authorities saying an invasion of yemen is in the planning stages. saudi arabia is bombing iran-backed rebels. the u.s. is reportedly thinking of letting iran keep running a once secret underground nuclear facility. the u.s. wants iran to limit work at other sites. the associated press quotes western officials in geneva. john kerry set for another round of negotiations with iran. the chairman of perilli calling on investors to exit the takeover. he described the offer as fair. he leds pirelli's biggest shareholder report. the g

. >> ancient athens took an oath. they took an oath. and the oath was that they would participate in civic affairs in a rational way so that athens will be more beautiful, more splended and more free for our children than it is for us. and athens failed because they failed to obey that oath. >> that's instructive. i've been there for 20 years i probably attended an awful lot of conferences of the court, and we've had some pretty con controversial cases. in that time i've never once -- never once heard a voice raised in anger in that conference. i've never once heard a judge in that conference say something mean. we get on well personally and we zbreer disagree about things. you want to win your case, don't get emotional. >> why the no. >> that's the law, that's lawyers. and maybe it's actually works better when you treat people as individuals. who have dinner ideas. >> okay so that's the general. the question is, how do you get that across. how do you get that across? >> well if you're very practical, we have annenberg trying to do that

coming up next, greek creditors are heading to athens tomorrow. does the country need yet another bailout? that is ahead on "street smart. ♪ alix: welcome back to "street smart." univision, firing -- hiring goldman sachs to help go public according to people you knowledge on the matter. the company may seek to raise $1 billion for the transaction, which may happen as soon as the third quarter. and the foreign secretary may be unveiling for the -- secret details about the wealth of vladimir putin according to "the telegraph. aggression in eastern europe poses the single greatest threat to british national security. he imf approved a $17.5 billion loan program for the ukraine including an immediate disbursement to help them avoid default amidst conflict with pro-russian rebels, ukraine expected the economy to shrink 12% this year. now to the clouds getting dark over greece, today in brussels the ecb, the european commission and imf, now loosely loan -- known as the brussels group met with officials to discuss emergency cash for the greek bank. bai