More than 300 CIA and Secret Service agents, as well as private security personnel as well as 3,000 Greek police officers are expected to participate in the draconian security measures which will be deployed during the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama in Athens on November 15-16, a police source said on Wednesday.

The cast of The Durrells is returning to Corfu to film the second series, immortalizing the adventures of an English family on the island, shortly before WW II. The series has already attracted a large following in the Uk, but also globally.

"The Greek government had been prepared for both possibilities given the failure of the pollster companies in recent years," a government source said on Wednesday on the outcome of the US elections.