1. PM outlines five key policy areas to focus on if re–elected for second term Former Prime Minister Tzannis Tzannetakis is surrounded by journalists as he leaves the Maximos Mansion following his meeting with Premier Costas Karamanlis, during which he revealed his retirement from politics.

2. One of those who will not be standing for ND is former Prime Minister Tzannis Tzannetakis, who met with Karamanlis to inform him of his decision to retire from politics. «At some point, as Socrates told Plato, one must know when it is time to depart,» said Tzannetakis. «One must leave fit and strong and not be dragged away.» However, Tzannetakis’s retirement was overshadowed by a new twist to the bond saga after prosecutor Giorgos Koliocostas revealed that he had sent back the report on the scandal prepared by Giorgos Zorbas, the head of the committee to combat money laundering, because the other 11 members on the panel had not signed the findings of the probe.