A series of hangouts in the leftist dominated Exarchia neighborhood of Athens were in reality entrapment venues set up by intelligence agency EYP and the counter-terrorism squad of Greek police ELAS.

A 13-year-old girl of Serbian nationality has died in Thessaloniki after inhaling fumes from a makeshift stove in her house, which did not have electricity.

Greece has been upgraded by two slots to Caa3, by Moody's credit rating agency, up from C where it had been relegated in may 2012, on Friday.
Moody's also assigned Greece a stable outlook, and a Not Prime (NP) short term assessment.

Two lawyers, a police officer, and financial crimes squad (SDOE) official are being charged for ongoing attempted extortion as a profession, accessory to extortion and passive bribery.