BBC News with Nick Kelly
The Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, who's in Washington for talks with the IMF, says he's confident that agreement will be reached soon on giving Greece financial support to overcome its debt problems. Mr Papaconstantinou said speculators betting that Greece would default on its public debts would lose their money. He said there were solid plans in place to deal with his country's deficit.
"We have a framework, which is a three-year framework, with strong conditionality criteria that will reassure, first of all, the Greek citizens, that we'll put an end to the fiscal situation that the country has and that we inherited when we came to government six months ago. And we reassure European partners, international community and the financial markets."
With nearly all the votes counted from the parliamentary elections in Hungary, the centre-right party Fidesz has won a landslide victory. After a second round of voting on Sunday, Fidesz has a 2/3 majority in parliament. The Socialists, who've governed Hungary for the last eight years, suffered a humiliating defeat. Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest.
On the day with a record-low turnout, only 43%, the Socialists won few consolations. In the capital Budapest, formerly a Socialist and Liberal stronghold, Socialist candidates won just two constituencies. In Northeast Hungary, an independent candidate backed by the far-right narrowly defeated his Fidesz rival. Otherwise, it was a clean sweep for Fidesz. The 2/3 majority they will enjoy in the new parliament will give them a constitutional majority to push through major reforms.