The countdown for the great overturn has begun was the message SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras sent during his address at a meeting of the main opposition's Central Committee on Sunday.

Greece would agree to a new bailout package from international creditors only if this did not involve new austerity measures is the message sent by Finance minister Yannis Stournaras trough Sunday's edition of Kathimerini newspaper.

Prime minister Antonis Samaras will be visiting Malta and Italy on Monday, 21 October, in the framework of an initiative regarding illegal immigration. The visit will also encompass issues pertaining to the assumption of the EU presidency by Greece in January 2014.

Thessaloniki mayor Yannis Boutaris called the minister of culture and the general secretary for public works liars and blamed them for blocking metro works in the city.