| 1 | ATHENS, Greece (AP) " Greece's government spokeswoman says negotiators from the country's creditors are arriving in Athens to get technical negotiations on a new, multibillion-euro rescue package underway. |
| 2 | However, Olga Gerovasili told the Associated Press that high-level talks won't start until later this week at the earliest. |
| 3 | She said senior staff from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund will only arrive in Athens "Thursday or later." |
| 4 | Negotiators were initially expected to arrive last Friday. |
| 5 | Stock markets in Europe have fallen amid fears that the delay means Greece's third bailout is already encountering difficulties. |
| 6 | Gerovasili said there's "no reason" for the delay and said it was the creditors who decided when to get the talks underway. |
| 7 | She said the talks will take place in a "hotel in the center of Athens," without specifying. |