Sunday night’s turmoil resulted in the worse violence witnessed in Athens since 2008. A number of shops, cafes, businesses and cinemas were destroyed or damaged as a result of sporadic rioting. Meanwhile members of Parliament voted in favour of receiving the second 130bn euro bailout which will result in further austerity measures being imposed on the country
Five top stories making the evening’s headlines including earlier demonstrations which passed off for the most part peacefully, expect for some scuffles as well as the meeting between the government and international lenders being postponed till 9pm this evening
Eurosceptic poster boy, Nigel Farage caused outrage in the European Parliament after he compared leaked German plans to control Greece’s finances to the Nazi occupation of the country
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