In 2016, more than a third of the population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Bulgaria (40.4%), Romania (38.8%) and Greece (35.6%), according to Eurostat.

Saronic Gulf beaches in Paleo Faliro that had been polluted by oil from the sinking of the tanker "Agia Zoni II" were on Tuesday delivered for use by the public, after a clean up was completed. 

The amounts spent by Greek households on groceries has fallen by 21.7 pct in the last seven years of deep economic crisis, according to a study by the Greek Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) released on Tuesday.