Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had the chance to have a short meeting with President Barack Obama at the official dinner which took place at the White House in honor of the leaders of the countries participating in the UN General Assembly.

Alexis Tsipras' SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government is in the midst of its first clash with the powerful Orthodox Church of Greece over plans announced by Deputy Education Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou to make religious instruction optional and not mandatory as it is now.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who was re-elected on Sept. 20, has promised to streamline the VAT system as part of Greece's third bailout agreement.

Thomas Liakounakos, who appeared to be a commercial agent for Swedish company Ericsson in Greece more than a decade ago, is accused of paying a bribe of up to 2 million euros to a Greek official to secure a deal in 1999, court officials said.