In its review of the year we just left behind and the challenges of 2019, Italian newspaper Il Manifesto hosts an article devoted to Greece. "Greece in 2019 is turning page, leaving behind its eight-year tribulations. It is again a normal eurozone country," the Rome daily writes.

Greece has one of the lowest minimum wages globally, according to data from the Wirtschafts-und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut (WSI), which is cited by the World Economic Forum in an article entitled "These countries have the highest minimum wages" .

Two Albanian detainees, serving sentences for grand thefts and robberies, escaped from Korydallos Prison.