The Fire Department is on a war footing  due to a fire that broke out in the Kouvaras area of Attica and is burning near houses.

In a response from Athens, published on its website, economic review Handelsblatt refers to efforts to combat tax evasion. As it points out, "tax evasion has a tradition in Greece. The Greek government no longer wants to accept something like this and is announcing a series of measures." The newspaper's correspondent reports that “black employment is widespread, even among doctors.

The vital role played by small-scale fishing for the Greek economy and regional prosperity, as it represents more than 90% of Greek-flagged vessels, will be mentioned by the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Lefteris Avgenakis, at the informal Council of Ministers of the European Union that begins today in Vigo, Spain.

The government's decision to remove current restrictions that prevent Greeks abroad from voting in Greece's elections from their country of residence, through a bill of the Interior Ministry, has mobilised Greek expatriates to make further proposals.