"Mr. Tsipras succeeded as a liar but failed as a prime minister" main opposition New Democracy (ND) said in an announcement on Monday, commenting on an article by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras published in Monday's issue of the newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton".

A Greek space agency is absolutely necessary and should have been created years ago, the new head of the Athens National Observatory Professor Manolis Pleionis said, in an interview  published on Sunday.

His visit to the Georgia and Armenia was an opportunity to examine the problems in the Caucasus, evaluate the geostrategic situation and determine that there was a large degree of convergence in views and interests with the two countries, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency published on Sunday.