Efforts continue to restore power to the island of Tinos, after a grid malfunction has left the island with no electricity for two days now, due to bad weather.

Cyprus Airways, which is government controlled, was offered state assistance totalling 103 million euros over different occasions in 2012 and early 2013, prompting an investigation by the European Commission.

Two opinion polls show that the gap between New Democracy, the leading party in Greece's ruling coalition, and main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) has narrowed to 2 pct and 3.3 pct respectively.