SYRIZA has a 5.0 percentage-point lead over New Democracy, according to a nationwide Pro Rata poll published by Efimerida ton Syntakton on Friday.

The City of Athens has extended invitations to eight well-known travel bloggers in Europe to experience and report on their own Athenian "Perfect Day" at the city's expense, over seven weeks in September and October.

A total of 29,260 migrants and refugees have left from Lesvos island since Monday. According to the planning, the camp of Kara Tepe, where tents were set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will be used for Syrian refugees, who will be identified at the former road safety park and will stay in the camp.