A 33-year-old Algerian national, who was rounded up by police on Saturday at the Athens district of Pangrati following a request by the Belgium authorities, was arrested by the counter-terrorism squad on Sunday evening being accused of terrorism activity in Belgium.

A total of 9,808,760 citizens are called to vote in the upcoming national polls, according to the Interior ministry’s electoral lists, with women voters (5,060,877) outweighing men (4,747,883).

Services of the Attica region are on "high alert because of the densely populated area" after a weak earthquake, measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale, which occurred shortly after 8:30 am and was centered in Galatsi.