A Greek air force aircraft will fly to Israel on Saturday afternoon to receive the Holy Fire from the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem, according to Orthodox tradition.

The European Commission does not think that Greece needs to vote for specific contingency measures but for a mechanism outlining how such measures might be taken, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici told a group of reporters, on Thursday.

As part of her ministry’s ongoing strategy to reach out to promising new markets in the Middle East and introduce Greek tourism options, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura attended this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), held in Dubai this week.

Οκτώ Ευρωβουλευτές από τρεις διαφορετικές πολιτικές ομάδες, οι  Guillaume Balas, Sergio Cofferati, Eva Joly, Curzio Maltese, Emmanuel Maurel, Isabelle Thomas και Ernest Urtasun και Δημήτρης Παπαδημούλης συνυπόγραψαν ένα άρθρο-διακήρυξη, με το οποίο καλούν τους Ευρωπαίους ηγέτες να επανεξετάσουν το ζήτημα του χρέους και το πρόγραμμα μεταρρυθμίσεων που πάνε επιβληθούν στην Ελλάδα.