The chief of Greece's Army General Staff Lieutenant General Charalambos Lalousis and US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt attended the joint military drill of the 1st Army Aviation Brigade and the US's 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade (3rd CAB), carried out on Wednesday at Stefanovikio near Volos in central Greece. 

The immediate reaction of Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT) and its services, inside and outside Greece, was prompted by the inclusion of a photo from the Zakynthos shipwreck beach into a German travel agent's brochure advertising a trip to Turkey under the heading "Blue Trip to Turkey".

Omonia Square is being transformed and will soon be handed over to Athenians, who are eager to see its new form (above as it was before).