Nikolaos Martis, 98, a former minister and close aide to Greek statesman Constantine Karamanlis, died in Athens on Tuesday.

Government coalition MPs are continuing to react to the 'single real estate tax' and are forcing the finance ministry to keep amending the bill and overturning drafts set for public debate.

A new trend to support party president Evangelos Venizelos is emerging within PASOK comprising members of the central committee and other cadres under the name "the Decided".

It's a winter time in the Big Apple, as the first snow of this year's unofficial winter season have fallen.