Greece's culture ministry has announced that work will begin on Monday to restored damage caused by illegal digging carried out by looters at the Zominthos archaeological site, on Mount Psiloritis on Crete. According to experts, there are signs that the site was vandalised and disturbed.

A light earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale was recorded at 07:07 on Monday at the sea region of southern Crete and was felt at Messara and the south coasts of Crete.

Germans have a special responsibility to face with attention, sensitivity and understanding everything the country caused during the Nazi era, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a message for the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and those events included what happened in Greece and elsewhere.

The Greek government and its lenders are rushing against time to clench an agreement for a new multi-bill of measures. The interim agreement that could be locked at the eleventh hour will include a number of reforms geared towards releasing 1 bln euros by May 12.