The state budget shows a primary deficit of 149 million euros on a cash basis in January 2015, compared with 812 million euros primary surplus in the same month last year, according to data from the Bank of Greece.

Positive messages from Nordic countries for Greek tourism, especially for the tourism of Crete, are seen by region of Crete tourism sources, based on their participation in the Stockholm tourism exhibition, with trends in tourism increasing in relation to last year.

Thousands thronged to the annual Lonsdale Street Greek Festival, in Melbourne searching for a taste of Greece and to show their solidarity to Greece’s new direction.