He had held frequent meetings with members of the group and with other persons arrested for armed actions in wing 1 of Korydallos prison, their purpose being to organise his escape and to create a "safe system" for his possible adoption in Athens.

Businessmen who have drained millions of euro from the former Postbank are wanted, its losses due to credit millionaires amounting to 200 million euro.

Athens' desire to use its leadership position in the European Union to change its image, which has declined in recent years, and to raise a positive attitude with respect to resolving the serious financial problems of Greece was more than clear.

Thus, the Greek government hopes to avoid a third package of economic assistance, which would go along with a new binding memorandum.

In prison Christodoulos Xiros maintained friendly relations with members of the "Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei". The authorities fear the union of the old and the new generation of Greek terrorists.

20 people were injured in a crash between an intercity bus and a truck with a Turkish registration plate along the Athens-Thessaloniki highway near Malgara toll station.

Starting tomorrow and during the next six months, over 2,000 policemen will guard the area around the Zappeion Hall which will house the press centre and all activities related to Greece’s Presidency of the European Union.