A London court ruled that businessman Kyriakos Griveas and Anastasia Vatsika must be extradited to Greece to stand trial in relation to Hellenic Postbank scandal.

In a meeting held by deputy development minister Odysseas Kostantinopoulos it was decided to offer free internet access to 150,000 families already under the umbrella of the social annuity program.

The Israeli Transportation Ministry began on Thursday night an initiative to retrieve Israelis stranded in Turkey due to airline bans on travel to Ben-Gurion Airport. Around 2,500 Israelis were stuck in Turkey.

El Al planes are to fly to Athens while Turkish carrier brings Israelis to Greek capital for transfer to Israeli aircraft and return to Tel Aviv.