Eleftheros Typos

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet tomorrow in London with British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss for talks and to sign a bilateral agreement on a series of areas of cooperation that he said will deepen Greece-UK ties.

It will include collaboration on defence and security issues.

A Bulgarian has been killed by lightning in Greece after the weather in the country deteriorated today, Eleftheros Typos reported.

A 56-year-old Bulgarian was struck by lightning in an illegal landfill near Alimaki on the Peloponnese Peninsula, BTA reports.

This is the second case in which a lightning killed a person today.

The Athens Court of Appeals was being evacuated on Tuesday morning following two anonymous telephone calls warning of a bomb.

The calls were made to the newspaper Eleftheros Typos and the website Zoulga.gr, warning that the court had to be evacuated by 11.20 a.m.

An Athens prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the presence of a cargo container in the capital's central Exarchia Square, which members of anarchist groups set up earlier this month and have dubbed a "political kiosk."

The official request by global luxury brand Gucci to hold a fashion show at the Parthenon in Athens on June 1 has caused some uproar in Greece. According to newspaper Eleftheros Typos, the company has also asked to record the fashion event, but the chances of the Greek authorities accepting its request are slim.

Greek Coast Guards and the National Intelligence Service has been monitoring terrorist developments on the island of Kos in an operation that began following the Paris attacks on Friday, November 13. The activities of two Syrians who arrived on the island with refugees are under the microscope reports Greek daily newspaper Eleftheros Typos citing police sources.

The Greek Ministry of Development is close to locking in its deal with Greece’s international creditors (EC, ECB, IMF, ESM) concerning the protection of primary residences from foreclosure. The agreement is expected to bring respite to thousands of households – known as “red” borrowers – that are struggling with mortgage debt.

The countdown is on for reforms to the plan for debt settlement in 100 instalments for 1.1 million people. The main changes include a reduction in the number of instalments and an increase to the interest rates.

Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis is planning to make health check-ups mandatory for all Greek citizens according to a report in daily newspaper Eleftheros Typos. Those who neglect getting checks for the four different types of cancer will face heavy penalties.

While the Greek crisis won’t affect tourists, Greeks abroad – either on vacations or studying – are trapped as Greek banks interpret capital controls in different ways.