"Sectors such as tourism and health in Greece need technical support. The experience of France in these areas is available to Greece," Hollande said after his morning meeting with Samaras.

The fast rhythm of the ska-punk sound won over Ageliki Iliadi’s pop-folk song, Timai Apergi’s jazz swing and the dance song by Alex Leon and Giorgina.

The authorities have seized and will sell by auctions hundreds of luxury properties, hotels in resorts, plots, agricultural land and industrial sites owned by famous persons with large, unpaid tax liabilities.

The police website has published the details and photos of the young men, against whom arrest warrants were issued on Friday.

81% of the supported families have been able to cope with the accumulated debts and to make a new start in their lives.

Only one of the 33 detainees who were subsequently released had been arrested as he was supposed to have taken part in the armed attack on the facilities of the mining company.

A comparison of the minimum salary in 20 European Union countries shows that Greece is somewhere in the middle of the scale of the richest and poorest countries on the continent. Some of the highest minimum salaries have been recorded in Luxembourg (1,801 euro), Ireland (1,462 euro), the Netherlands (1,447 euro) and Belgium (1,444 euro).