Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will be leaving for the US tomorrow afternoon for a round of meetings that will last until Thursday.

One of the great voices of Greek popular music, Poly Panou, passed away today at the age of 73.

General secretary for state proceeds, Charis Theocharis is expected to ask for the sacking of heads of tax bureaus that show poor results, after the assessment of performabce over the last three quarters.

The most recent report by Fitch ratings agency on developments in the eurozone shows a more optimistic assessment for the Greek economy projecting this year's recession at 4%, and showing 0.5% growth for 2014.