Hundreds of 'No' voters began celebrating in Athens Sunday after results showed that victory for those who rejected further austerity measures in a crucial bailout referendum.
Chanting slogans, waving Greek flags and holding aloft 'No' placards, celebrators flocked to the city's Syntagma square and gathered in front of Parliament to cry victory.
Meanwhile, senior eurozone officials will hold talks on Monday after Greeks overwhelmingly rejected conditions of a rescue package from creditors on Sunday.
The meeting will involve the Euro Working Group, which comprises top treasury officials who prepare meetings for the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 19-country currency union.
After failing to reach a deal with the Eurogroup on an extension of its bailout programme Greece's radical leftist government closed the country's banks, imposed capital controls until July 6 and defaulted on a huge IMF payment.
Eurozone finance ministers said when they met on Wednesday that there were "no grounds" for any more discussions on Greece's debt crisis until after Sunday's referendum, in which the Greek government urged a 'No vote'.
Outspoken Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has promised that Athens will quickly reach a deal with its creditors after the vote.
As the euro slid more than 1 per cent against the dollar and European stock and bond markets were poised to take a sharp hit with the resumption of trade on Monday, stunned European leaders called a summit for Tuesday to discuss their next move.
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