The Foreign Ministry will immediately establish a working group for the monitoring of Greek exports to Russia, the administration of relevant issues which emerge, as well as the coordination of all pertinent actions. The working group, which will consist of ministerial officials, as well as sectoral and export representatives, will also be exploring any expansion prospects to new markets, for Greek export goods.

The State General Laboratory and the Laboratory for Hygiene and Epidemiology of the University of Ioannina, notified the Ioannina Region of the results of analyses of samples from Lake Pamvotis in order to clarify the reasons that led to the death of a host of fish.

Since the multi bill that caters for lenders' prerequisites was passed by parliament,it is just a matter of time until the one billion euro tranche is disbursed by the lenders.

Videoconferencing between the economic team of the government and representatives of the European Union Troika was held on Thursday morning, while a similar teleconference is scheduled to take place with representatives of the International Monetary Fund.