The trial of sixty-four defendants charged with bribery, money laundering and being accessories to these offenses in relation to the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal will restart at the Three-Member Felony Appeals Court in Athens on Friday.

The finance ministry extended through an amendment on Thursday the tax and social security clearance of the Athens Concert Hall until the end of August, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said during a briefing in parliament on Thursday. 

Bremen prosecuting authorities have charged four Germans and one Greek as suspects for bribing Greek officials for defence contracts, according to a Deutsche Welle report on Thursday.