While the protest was running, the Minister of Transport presented in Parliament the final regulations in the bill, which will fully liberalize both public and road transport.

The National Bank of Greece is making a separate holding company that will manage its affiliates in the Balkans. Its headquarters will be based in one of Greece's neighbouring countries not experiencing the macroeconomic turmoil of the Mediterraneans.

Express procedures and six criteria will select the employees who will be included in the labour reserve program. It will start in two weeks, and days later, it will be introduced in state enterprises employing over 100 people.

"If ports were connected to rail and road networks, today Greece could be the main logistics centre of the Eastern Mediterranean," responded the representatives of the shipping industry to the call of the Minister of Finance Evangelos Venizelos the players in the sector to help the Greek economy.

Greek police investigate a network for trade in stolen paintings and search missing paintings by Monet, Van Gogh and Delacroix.