As the group's leaders, Greece avoided the contest's strongest sides. They will be leading the 6th Group, playing against Romania, Hungary, Finland, Northern Ireland and Faroe Islands.

The impressive estranged wife of Russian mogul Dmitry Rybolovlev was arrested, on Cyprus, after his reports to authorities that she had stolen diamonds that belonged to her daughter.

The court found a public bus driver guilty of service denial for reasons of racist behavior, sentencing him to ten month imprisonment on parole and a 1000 euros fine.

The Greek government and its bailout lenders, the Troika, are locked in a new standoff over the health of Greece's banking sector, according to the Financial Times.