During Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' northern Greece visit to the bypass tunnels at Panteleimonas, he stated: "Greece has rebooted its potential and we are ready for the next day, looking into the future and taking steady steps forward".

Snow at Northern Greece's ski resorts remains at marginal levels, but the ski resorts of Vassilitsa, 3-5 Pigadia and Pisoderi have enough snow to be open.