"Today's summit that is held at a critical time for the Greek economy, at a time of recovery, but also a critical time for stability in the wider region, can contribute to several sectors, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday opening the proceedings of the EU-Arab World Summit "Partners for Growth and Development."

All the tents at the Schisto refugee accomodation center will have been replaced with houses by December 15, Alternate Minister for Migration Yiannis Mouzalas on Thursday said in parliament.

“The refugee crisis is a European crisis. It concerns Europe and not only Greece and on this specific issue there is huge understanding in Germany,” deputy minister of Economic Cooperation and Development and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's personal envoy in the Greek-German assembly Hans-Joachim Fuchtel said to Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank approved a request by the Bank of Greece to lower the ELA-ceiling for Greek banks to 51.1 billion euros, up to and including Wednesday, 16 November 2016.