Main opposition New Democracy wants schools that are "creative and autonomous, which ensure conditions of equality and support the weaker children," main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, while visiting a primary school in the Athens district of Agios Dimitrios.

A man that fell onto the tracks at Panepistimio metro station in central Athens on Friday afternoon has died, authorities announced. His dead body was recovered in extraction operation involving 15 firemen and four vehicles.

"The country needs a new industrial policy which will contribute in the improvement of the trade balance and at the same time offer high-quality products in competitive prices and high-skilled and full-time job positions," Constantinos Mihalos, president of the Central Union of Greek Chambers and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA), commenting on the results of a survey conducted jointly by the Panhellenic Exporters' Association and EBEA.

Striker of Panathinaikos, Luciano da Rocha Neves, suffered serious cruciate rupture injury during Greek Cup's clash against Larissa (2-0) on Wednesday.