Alexis Tsipras has called prime minister Antonis Samaras “Mr Baroso's puppet, “ commenting on yesterday's Financial Times article describing the repercussions from former PM Papandreou's decision to call for a referendum.

Administrative personnel at universities across the country are staging a preliminary 48 hour strike, maintaining that colleagues fired have not been placed on the mobility scheme.

Forty migrants on a boat off Mytilene were rescued by a Coast Guard detachment today. One of the migrants had fallen overboard but was rescued

The trial begins with the testimony and examination of former Cyprus interior minister Dinos Michailidis, his son Michalis Michailidis, the former Cyprus state legal counselor Anastasios Sofos, and his wife, who is shown as a co-beneficiary to a bank account. Arms dealer Fuad al Zayad is also accused in the case.