Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will attend the 4th European Union-Arab League Ministerial Meeting which is taking place on Tuesday 20 December at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.

Europe changes and converges towards Greece's positions as regards changes in labour relations and this remains to be reflected on the negotiations with the creditors, Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou said in an interview with Efimerida ton Syntakton.

Russian tourists to Greece are expected to increase in 2017, Konstantinos Gambaeridis, founding member of the cultural centre "Russian House" and director of St. Petersburg governor, said in statements to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency's radio station Praktoreio 104.9 FM.

There is turmoil and unrest in Souda camp, on Chios, with immigrants and refugees preparing for mobilization.