A Turkish CN-235 military transport plane on Tuesday violated Greek air space and flew over the islet Panagia in the Oinousses complex at a height of just 100 feet (30 metres), the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) reported.

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias expressed his condolences to the people of Turkey, Germany and Switzerland and the families of the victims.

It is the government's political will to have all works in Crete completed by 2019 when elections will be held, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday said.

The European Commission aims at the conclusion of the second programme review before the Eurogroup on January 26, EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici's spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt on Tuesday said.