The name of a five-year old child that died in Canada was on the passport of the Greek- Canadian Robert Christopher Metsos, who was accused of espionage by the United States.

Three of the FNAC stores in Athens are closing as the French chain of multimedia and technological products has made losses for € 20 million in Greece. Two of the three stores will be under the control of its biggest competitor Ρublic. The economic crisis and the decision of FNAC's managers not to invest in projects that they do not fully control are the main reasons for the withdrawal from the Greek market.

Without state support Cretans create this first of its kind private personal museum of one writer, since high-class authors like K. Varnalis, K. Palamas, J. Seferis, O. Elitis, A. Sikelianos and others still remain homeless.

The incident happened after 13:00 when a group of four people, one of them lawyer, arrived from Athens to Eretria to resolve outstanding financial issues with a local businessman.

According to the Financial Minister George Papakonstantinou Greece will have no problem to meet its obligations under the 2010 memorandum with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union to reduce the government deficit to 8.1 percent of GDP from the current 13.8 percent of GDP.