The staff of the Greek Embassy in Tripoli along with one-hundred Europeans and Chinese, were securely transported out of Libya this morning, according to the Defense Ministry.

Today, Greek government officials stated that Greece will evacuate its Embassy in Tripoli, and plans to send three vessels to Libya to transport its workers, along with European and Chinese nationals.

 The passing of a twenty year sentence for laundering money from illicit gains for former PASOK minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos, last week, for some, had a tinge of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad; the end of an era.