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Tsipras was to make an announcement Thursday night, another government official said, while he was expected to also visit the country’s president – a necessary formality in calling early elections, for which he would have to step down as prime minister. With a...

Greece’s partners in the euro currency are debating whether to give that country billions of dollars in new loans, now that the Greek parliament has passed a package of painful reforms and spending cuts.

Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Djisselbloem said that there were “differences” among foreign ministers of Eurozone, but they “managed to solve the last issues”.

German lawmakers voted in favor of a third Greek bailout on Wednesday despite a record rebellion among Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own conservatives that suggested she would struggle to return to parliament to seek any further aid for Athens.

The plan still needs approval from eurozone parliaments. But it is risky for Greek PM Alexis Tsipras.

The final vote was 454-113, with 18 politicians choosing to abstain, following concern that Chancellor Angela Merkel could face dissent from conservatives in her ruling bloc.

Some national parliaments, including Germany, still must approve the deal.

If the bailout is not approved by the Eurogroup, it could decide to grant Greece 6.04 billion euros in bridge financing, according to German newspaper Bild, citing a European Commission proposal for the meeting.

While it is likely that the Bundestag will pass the measures in line with the eurozone and the German cabinet, several lawmakers from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are expected to break ranks and vote against Greece’s third bailout.

The border was opened after dramatic scenes on Saturday in which hundreds of refugees forced their way through the barbed wire fences, many carrying small children, as police hurled stun grenades to try and stop them.

In Geneva, the global Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies appealed for “greater support for tens of thousands of vulnerable migrants entering Europe through the Western Balkans route”.

Amnesty worldwide led condemnations of the Macedonian authorities saying: “Every country has the power to patrol its own borders, but this kind of para-military response is an unacceptable push-back in violation of global law”.

(AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) Migrants arrive at the railway station in the southern Macedonia’s town of Gevgelija, after breaking through the police blockade on the border with Greece, on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Saying they would ration access, riot police used tear gas...

Among the injured was a youngster who was bleeding from what appeared to be shrapnel from the stun grenades that were fired directly into the crowd.

It called on the European Union to “step up support for countries affected” by the movement of refugees and migrants in southeastern Europe. By about 7pm on Saturday, only a few hundred remained at Gevgelija rail station. But it is certain that these events...