Vicky Stamatis, held in a mental insstitution after her conviction in relation to graft committed by her husband, Akis Tsohatzopoulos, a former PASOK minister, was released late yesterday afternoon.

Accelerating procedures for implementation of the TAP and IGB natural gas pipeline projects was the topic of discussions during a meeting on Wednesday between Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis with Amos Hochstein, US special envoy and coordinator for international energy relations with Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova.

The omnibus bill on prior actions which the government has tabled in parliament includes solely the measures that were agreed upon between Greece and its partners, Finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos told lawmakers during the plenum debate on Thursday. 

Developments are occurring at great speed but the European Union is proceeding as slow as a turtle, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras charged early on Friday morning, following the conclusion of an EU Leaders Summit on the migrant and refugee issue in Brussels that began Thursday.