Inmates held in at Korydallos prison hospital are refusing food and medication as part of a protest campaign against what they see as dire conditions in the institutition.

In a meeting today, the “movement of 58” studied socialist PASOK party leader (and Foreign minister) Evangelos Venizelos' proposals for a common Europarliamentary election ticket and they flatly rejected it. With polls showing the formerly mighty PASOK party crumbling in low single digits, a coalition with center-left personalities was perhaps the only option.

Giorgos Ballas Greek born industrialist living in Caracas, confirmed that all Greeks living in Venezuela are so far unharmed.

Justice minister Charalambos Athanasiou introduced a new bill which institutes heavy sentences for public and private sector corruption cases today.