Senator for Western Australia Peter Georgiou has called on every Australian to suspend their travel plans to Gallipoli for next month’s ANZAC Day commemorations until the country’s leader apologises for the insensitive and deplorable comments he made.

The European Commission expressed concern on Wednesday over a decision by an Athens appeals court to convict Greece's former statistics chief for breach of duties during his tenure and hand him a two-year suspended sentence.  

Former ELSTAT chief Andreas Georgiou, sentenced yesterday to a two-year imprisonment with a three-year suspension for a breach of duty, was interviewed by the Financial Times.