Damage to the Archaeological site of the Temple Olympian Zeus and the shops at Louloudadika, the flower shops housed next to parliament, occurred during the clashes that broke out at the rally for the two-year anniversary of the Tempi train crash in central Athens.

“No one can underestimate what happened yesterday. And it shouldn’t.” With this enigmatic statement to eading Greek new outlet protothema.gr, a close associate of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis set the tone for the government’s approach to the massive and peaceful rallies of quite many hundreds of thousands of citizens across Greece demanding justice for the tragedy of Tempi.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a traditional iftar dinner in Ankara to address the state of Greek-Turkish relations, emphasizing Turkey's desire for stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.

The strengthening of bilateral relations and the exploration of ways to further deepen bilateral cooperation between Greece and the US was the focus of contacts held by Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, in Washington, DC.