In comments to Skai on Friday, Energy Minister Costis Hatzidakis said he could not rule out the possibility of power cuts as the country's electricity network "is stretched to its limits."

The carrot, but also the whip, was in store for the government and MEPs of SYRIZA from European Commissioner for Competition Margrete Vestagger when she was took part in the European Affairs Committee of the House.

Prime minister Antonis Samaras today inaugurated the "Consumers Market" in the central downtown market of Agios Ioannis Rentis, along with development minister Kostis Hatzidakis.