According to ELSTAT, the national statistics agency, the percentage of Greeks living below the poverty line (meaning with incomes less than 60% of the average national disposable income) came to 34.6%, or 3,795,100 people.
President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday received General Inspector for Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis, who reported a "marked improvement" in the public sector as he presented his report for 2013.
An archeological sounding in a plot at the are known as Psomi, on Chios revealed part of an ancient necropolis of the 6th and 7th century bC.