Hellenic Coast Guard in southern Crete seized a ship full of smuggled cigarettes at Kali Limenes, Heraklion.

Greece needs to implement structural reforms, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday, echoing other international creditors who have urged Athens to implement reforms to secure urgently needed funds, Reuters news agency reported.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in an interview with daily Ethnos expressed his determination to proceed with and implement his programme down to the last detail, to which he has committed himself over a four-year period, with the government submitting crucial bills to the Parliament soon.

Champion Jet 1 arrived at the port of Piraeus for the first time last Saturday morning, coming from England.