Average life satisfaction declined by a fifth in Greece between 2007 and 2012, reflecting the decline in real household disposable income.

A request for lifting parliamentary immunity from merchant marine minister Militiadis Varvitsiotis was tendered to parliament by supreme court prosecution.

The possibility of new measures to be taken by the government was left open by IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice.

An anonymous denunciation over wrongdoings in the Athens municipality's "Immigrant Center," has been sent by the general inspector of public administration to the prosecutor.