Greek officials attempted, through informal channels to ask the IMF to delay the repayment of their loans, but eventually got a negative reply and immediately reversed course. This was the revelation of the Financial Times, which see this move as showing the precarious position of Greek finances.

According to “Anatoli” newspaper, burglars stole five weapons from the folklore museum of Agios Georgios in Oropedio Lassithiou.

The Standard & Poor’s ratings services lowered its long- and short-term sovereign credit ratings for Greece to ‘CCC+/C’ from ‘B-/B’.