The first Metro station in the northern port city of Thessaloniki will open its doors to the public today.

Olympiakos will face the champion of Spain Atletico Madrid, Italian Champion Juventus and Swedish champion Malmo  in the group stages of the Champions League.

An eight-member mission of Israeli firefighters led by the National Operations Officer, Mr. Dora Levy visited Greece from August 18 to 28 to participate in joint training with the Greek Fire Brigade to tackle forest fires.

A wooden vessel carrying 138 illegal immigrants was tracked by a Latvian Coastguard patrol east of Symi island, in the Dodecanese.