Greece needs a national unity government as the country is now facing its destiny, the President of junior government coalition partner PASOK Evangelos Venizelos said in a speech in the city of Kalamata, in the southern Peloponnese on Sunday. 

Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, who is visiting Kastanies, Evros, on Monday expressed his optimism over the result of the national elections on January 25.

The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi and the Governor of the Bank of Greece, Yiannis Stournaras are expected to discuss the possibility that Greek banks will need additional liquidity to cover their needs immediately before and after the snap election on the 25th of January, according to Kathimerini newspaper.

One 29 year old Greek and one foreign national reportedly lost their lives when a Greek controlled oil tanker was hit with an airstrike by an unknown party. Another two crew members of the ship were injured.