To restore the Ministry of Merchant Marine was one of the first acts that distinguished the cabinet of Antonis Samaras from Greece’s governments in the last three years.

The presidency of the republic announced that the oath of ministers scheduled for 7:30 pm will involve only the Deputy Ministers of Finance George Mavraganis and Dimitris Kourkoulas.

The newly elected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will undergo a surgery by ophthalmologist Professor Panos Teodosiadis at Attica State Hospital tomorrow morning.

Social and traditional media in both countries have strongly politicized an ordinary football match.

The football match between Germany and Greece is awaited with enormous tension. The Mediterraneans expect their national team to defeat its Northern European opponent and at a press conference held before the crucial day, the coach of the Greek national team Fernando Santos made it clear that it would be an epic fight.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced that ministers' salaries would be reduced by 30% and warned them to be careful in their public appearances.

Former chairman of the National Bank of Greece Vasilis Rapanos is the new Minister of Finance. His name was one of the first suggested for the post and apparently, New Democracy, PASOK and the Democratic Left have unanimously approved it.