Greece has made "striking improvements" in absorbing European Union structural funds in its attempts to get the economy on a growth path, according to a European Commission report.

Greek parliamentarians voted to cut off state funding to the Golden Dawn party early this morning.

Renown pop singer Rihanna flew to Greece, immediately after her concert at Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates.

Frank Engel ia an MEP from Luxemburg and the head of the Luxembourg EPP delegation. He has written three books on European issues the last of which 'Projet de Manifeste pour les États-Unis d'Europe' ('Manifesto for a United States of Europe') published in 2013 spells out his vision about a federal Europe. Frank Engel spoke to Thimis Tsiliopoulos about what a federated Europe would mean for Greece.