The three Golden Dawn members currently remanded in custody, after a relevant request to the jail prosecutor, were granted the right to attend the swearing in ceremonies as Municipal councilors this week.

Rena Dourou, governor elect of the Attica region, does not want to be sworn into office under a religious oath, and will be given a civic oath in the presence of Ilion Metropolitan Bishop Athinagoras. However, she is not the only governor, nor the first to be sworn in under a civic oath.

Shipping and Aegean Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis on Monday turned out to welcome the Panama-flagged container ship "MSC London", the largest ever cargo vessel to dock in the port of Piraeus.