A major deal was signed between Hellenic Armament Systems (EAS) and German weapon systems group Rheinmetall, which includes 12 system categories (ammunition and ancillary equipment) at the ministry of defense in the presence of defense minister Dimitris Avramopoulos.

A tour guide in the Knossos palace in Crete has been left with three broken teeth and eight stitches after a Dutch tourist punched him for no apparent reason.

A special Ebola quarantine unit has been created in the Amalia Fleming hospital in Athens, the first such unit to be created in the country.