Some of those involved are hiding, and the main headquarters of the Greek police ruled the conduct of administrative investigation of an officer who had spoken by telephone with one of those involved in the case of illicit betting and match fixing.

The power company announced officially that the long hours of power outages are necessary, because more than 20 power-producing units broke due to the strike. It will continue to the end of the month.

The leaders of the European Right tried to persuade Antonis Samaras to support the mid-term measures. However, he refused and aims his party to win the support of all strata in Greece that oppose the government policy.

Emporiki Bank presented its initiative aiming to present the successful business of Greece.

The measure known as the Vienna Treaty suggests that private owners, who bought Greek government bonds maturing in the next three to four years would voluntarily consent to wait for Greece to solve its financial problems.

The biggest tourist entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean region urged the Greek government to simplify the laws and to abolish the cabotage as soon as possible to keep Greece a favourite seaside destination.

Unclear remains the fate of illegal and semi-legal buildings in Greece, after the former Economy Minister George Papakonstantinou assumed his new post as the Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change.