In record time, the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of New England and the Youth of Hellenic-American Federations sped to the aid of Myrto Papadomichelaki, trying to overcome severe brain trauma after a severe bashing of her head on rocks during a rape attempt.

A tiny lead of SYRIZA by 0.5% over governing New Democracy is shown by the latest poll conducted by Pulse pollsters for newspaper To Pontiki.
Meanwhile Golden Dawn is showing a slight rise to 10.5% and is in third place.

Canada honored Greek Canadian Niki Psycharis with the Silver Cross for her son's tragic loss in action, in Afghanistan, while serving with Canadian Armed Forces, in 2007.

Nikolaos Martis, 98, a former minister and close aide to Greek statesman Constantine Karamanlis, died in Athens on Tuesday.