The four-month extension of the aid programme to Greece should pass through the Parliament, New Democracy spokesman on Friday said in a statement.

A 35 year old Albanian was arrested by the Greek Police, and charged with 22 burglaries in homes throughout the city of Heraklion, Crete.

Tension rose on Thursday evening, in Exarcheia, Athens, after about 300 anti-authoritarians assembled and staged a march that evolved into a small scale riot.