"My presence here demonstrates the support of the European Commission to Greece's efforts to get out of the tunnel of the economic recession and to finally return to growth and economic stability," European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday said at the conference "Policies and Financial Instruments for the Development of SMEs in Greece."

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke about reconciliation and the need to promote Christian unity during his visit to the ecumenical monastic order of Taizé in central France on Tuesday, in a first ever visit by an Ecumenical Patriarch.

The extraordinarymeeting of the government council on defense KYSEA, which was held at the Maximos Mansion under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' chairmanship, and the participation of, among others, the Ministers of Defense, Panos Kammenos, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, the Chief of armed forces of Greece, Admiiral Apostolakis and others, has concluded.