The former head of the Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE), Yiannis Diotis, was released unconditionally yesterday after being questioned by the prosecutors investigating the Lagarde list.

The Council of State plenum agreed to temporarily suspend measures allowing shops to open on Sunday, granting a petition submitted by retailers, traders and private employee unions.

Deputy Development Minister Gerasimos Giakoumatos told Parliament today that decisions regarding non-performing loans would be announced by the end of October and not in September, as initially expected.