During his appearance on Mega Channel on Thursday, State Minister for Coordinating Government Operations, Alekos Flambouraris, reassured citizens on the liquidity issue.

“Essen & Trinken”, one of the biggest food magazines globally, discovers Cretan cuisine in a ten-page article.

Alternate Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis, said that the Greek government will not back down in the face of threats and blackmail following the decision to suspend football matches for at least a week.

The outflow of deposits by Greek depositors continued at an accelerated pace in January, as they withdrew almost € 13 billion from their bank accounts, as Dow Jones Newswires relates citing data from the European Central Bank. In December outflows had reached 5 billion euros approximately, says the agency. The outflows in conjunction with the ECB's decision to stop accepting Greek bonds in monetary policy operations have led Greek banks increasingly to rely on the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA), says the agency.