In his speech at the 68th General Assembly of the UN, government vice president and foreign minister, Evangelos Venizelos, highlighted a number of issues including illegal migration, the concern of Greece for peace and stability in the Middle East, relations with FYROM and Turkey, and the Cyprus issue.

Police are searching for Golden Dawn's arsenal throughout the country, with a unit of the counter-terrorism squad in Ioannina searching the house of MP Christos Pappas.

German newspaper Tageszeitung sports a large picture of Nikos Mihaloliakos in handcuffs and the headline "Goodnight Neonazis," in Greek, on its front page.