The decision on the matters of whether the tax-free threshold will be put into effect from 2019 or 2020 and if a series of positive countermeasures would be implemented by the Greek government was referred by the institutions in Washington to the meeting between Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and the Troika in May.

Georgian criminal kingpin Lasha Shushanashvili, also known as "fat", was arrested in the Pilaia area in Thessaloniki. 

Democrat Member of the New York State Assembly from the 104th district, Frank Skartados passed away, at the age of 62, after a tough battle with cancer.