Greece's primary budget surplus for 2013 may exceed previous forecasts and top 1 billion euros ($1.37 billion), a senior finance ministry official said on Tuesday.

Public sector layoffs will be concluded at the end of 2014, according to administrative reform minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who added that the public sector layoffs "have been allocated throughout the year and will be concluded at the end of 2014.”

Ahmet Vakash, the Pakistani national that crippled Myrto, in an attempt to rob and rape her, was sentenced to life in prison plus 25 years for robbery, attempted murder, attempted rape, and working illegally.