The institutions received the Greek government's letter with the proposals and the prior actions on time, stated a eurozone official refusing however give an estimations on the letter's context.

A value-added-tax (VAT) rate of 13 percent on Greek hotels and the elimination of discounts on the country’s most popular islands, are included in the proposal the Greek government submitted to its international creditors on late Thursday, in hope of reaching an agreement on a third bailout.

Bookings to Greece remain steady, on the par with 2014, which was an excellent year for tourism, the head of German travel agents FTI Touristik said during a Munich presentation last week of its winter program, which includes more long haul locations, a wider variety of destinations in the East and Egypt, and many more discount deals.

A 28 year old US citizen, was arrested today at the customs post of Kipi Evros, under a European arrest warrant for human trafficking  issued by Dutch authorities.