Greece will overcome a first-quarter shortfall in tax income and meet its full-year targets as the economy recovers said Greece’s secretary general for public revenue to Bloomberg.

Alexis Tsipras said that "there is no Baltakos Gate, there is a Samaras Gate," alluding to the scandal involving a publicised discussion between Baltakos and Kasidiaris.

Olympiakos FC vice president and president of the Greek SuperLeague, Yiannis Moralis said that he will resign from his current posts in order to devote himself to Piraeus, as he will be running for mayor of Greece's largest port.