Golden Dawn deputy Christos Pappas has been led to courts to give his deposition on charges of joining and leading a criminal organization.

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Mihaloliakos was remanded to custody at 04.30 am today after a deposition that began at 19.00 the night before.

The general government deficit will be under 3% of GDP this year, according to economy minister Christos Staikouras.