Thousands of people gathered outside parliament in Athens . The protesters expressed their support for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ decision to run a referendum on the proposals made by the international lenders. Demonstrators urged Greeks to vote ‘‘NO’‘ on Sunday’s poll putting an end to painful austerity measures.

 Greece has to pay 1.6 billion euro loan to the International Monetary Fund. The deadline is this night.

Without new loan the country may face default and leaving the Euro.