Latest information on the drive by shootings in Iraklio confirm that one young man fell dead immediately, and another died in hospital, minutes ago. A third person is seriously injured in the ICU.

Statements by former foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos concerning wiretapping US ambassadors in Athens and Ankara by Greek services have caused the intervention of the prosecutor, who ordered a preliminary inquiry into the case.

Two persons were killed in a drive by shooting in the Athens suburb of Neo Iraklio, near local Golden Dawn offices.

The meeting between prime minister Antonis Samaras and government vice president Evangelos Venizelos, ended late Thursday evening, with discussion focusing on the fate of the Skaramanga shipyards and the course of the EU's National Strategic Reference Framework funds.