Greece has been upgraded by two slots to Caa3, by Moody's credit rating agency, up from C where it had been relegated in may 2012, on Friday.
Moody's also assigned Greece a stable outlook, and a Not Prime (NP) short term assessment.

Two lawyers, a police officer, and financial crimes squad (SDOE) official are being charged for ongoing attempted extortion as a profession, accessory to extortion and passive bribery.

Sixteen years after the murder of 35 year old Coast Guardsman Marinos Zapatis, at Sayada, in Thesprotia prefecture, western Greece, a person accused of the crime has been arrested at the Kakavia border station with Albania.

"The troika will return to Athens, after the 9 December Eurogroup," said finance minister Yannis Stournaras after his meeting with the Prime Minister, precipitated by the troika's postponment of next week's visit.