The message of impending doom appears to have gone largely unnoticed on the streets of Athens, where a mood of hope and optimism bordering on euphoria reigns as Greeks see themselves finally shaking off foreign shackles to shape their own destiny. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was isolated at Thursday’s crunch euro zone meeting in Brussels, but Greek TV channel Mega’s main news broadcast on Thursday gushed over him “stealing the show”. “Spring in Athens, fog in Brussels” proclaimed Efimerida ton Syntakton on its front page.