In a letter and a video posted on anarchist-linked site athens.indymedia.org, terrorist fugitive Christodoulos Xiros delineates the reasons he fled during furlough and his plans from now on.

The ceremony celebrating the readiness status for EU Battle Group HELBROC for the first half of 2014 took place at the headquarters of 71^st Airmobile Brigade in Nea Santa,, Kilkis prefecture, in the presence of Hellenic Chif of the Armed Forces General Staff Michael Kostarakos.

A mix-up out of the blue caused a small raucous at the traditional cutting of the new year's cake by Hellenic Repuiblic president, Karolos Papoulias.

Two women stand out on the Greek judicial scene, searching the very darkest corners of the most sordid cases, and daring to come up against powerful interests: Eleni Raikou and Popi Papandreou.