Transportation minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced the opening of the bidding process for the highway linking Patras with Pyrgos in the Peloponnese.

After almost to weeks in hospital US tourist that was seriously hurt in a makeshift firecracker accident on Santorini has been released and allowed to return home.

The worst scenario has been confirmed. According to information from the Coast Guard, the dead so far number 22, while a dead mother was found still clutching her drowned infant.