All issues of bilateral relations and the broader region were tabled during the meeting, today, between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and the president of the Upper Duma of Russia Valentina Matvyenko.
The new ministerial decrees for the abolition of 1,929 integral and person-specific positions, staffed through indefinite period contracts, were made public today.
Australian PM Tony Abbott today announced the composition of his new government naming Greek Australian liberal senator Athanasios Synodinos deputy economy minister.
One of the largest shipwreck salvage operations is under way in an effort to raise the hulk of the cruiseship Concordia that sank in January 2012
As announced by Italy's Civil Protection Agency the weather is opportune for the undertaking, while many media note that never before has it been attempted to move so large a ship from so close to shore.
Specialized rigging crews are placing massive chains and steel cables on the ship in order to tip it's more than 114,000 tons onto its keel.
The Concordia sank near the coast of the Italian island of Gilio on the Tuscany coast. The ship hit a, outcropping and half-sunk on its side resulting in the loss of life for 32 of the 4,229 passengers.
The ship's captain Fransesco Schettino has been charged by Italian justice with negligent manslaughter. The trial is still under way.
The operation is expected to take 10-12 hours.
Fire broke out today aboard a Russian nuclear submarine undergoing repairs at a shipyard near Vladivostok, eastern Siberia.
President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso has expressed his satisfaction that Russian president Vladimir Putin is using his country's influence in order to find a solution for Syria.
Scuffles between Kurd and Albanian inmates broke out in D wing of the Korydallos prison, near Athens. According to reports, the inmates clashed with makeshift knives and other crude weapons.
Former, president of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, is in Athens today, attending the inauguration of the new Jacqueline de Romilly Square in the Thision area of downtown Athens. The municipality of Athens has named the square in honor of the renown French Philhellene and classicist.
The former French president spoke at the ceremony, before which he met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
State asset privatization fund TAIPED is proceeding with a second phase for the exploitation of 14 peripheral airports, with seven of the eleven bidders continuing on, while the Athens International Airport is just a breath away a total change of leadership.
Germany's "The Left" (Die Linke) party has made a 180 degree turn by suddenly rejecting SYRIZA's demand for repayment of a forced loan extended to Nazi occupation forces during WWII.
Pegged as a dress rehearsal in the run up to next week's general elections, Sunday's local election in Bavaria saw conservatives allied with chancellor Angela Merkel gain an absolute majority of seats in the local parliament, according to first results.
A week of mass mobilizations against staff mobility and availability in the public sector began with tension, as school guards besieging the government reform ministry clashed with riot police. Police used tear gas to drive away the protesters, resulting in two people being taken to hospital with respiratory complications.
It is only when one visits the beautiful island of Ithaca that they understand the reason Odysseus longed for his return. Ithaca is part of the 7 Ioanian Islands and lies east of Kefalonia.
Tensions ran high this afternoon, outside the Athens Economics University ASOEE) on Patission Street when police attempted to conduct spotchecks on street vendors inside and outside the campus.
According to police, the vendors withdrew inside the university premises, which are considered an asylum that police cannot enter without previous permission of the university board, and began throwing rocks and objects at police.
This caused Patission Avenue to close to traffic for a while. Police withdrew to a raesonable distance and traffic was reinstated.
Police forces remain in the area.
Most of the vendors are illegal immigrants without papers and without, obviously, trading licences.