President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday received General Inspector for Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis, who reported a "marked improvement" in the public sector as he presented his report for 2013.

Police say a 59-year-old Greek man has died in an accident while climbing Mount Olympus, Greece's highest mountain.

An archeological sounding in a plot at the are known as Psomi, on Chios revealed part of an ancient necropolis of the 6th and 7th century bC.

In a report, the country's central bank said that in May 2014 the current account balance showed a deficit of 246 million euros, against a 70 million surplus in May 2013, as a result of a rise in the deficits of mainly the trade balance and also the income account balance, as well as a year-on-year shift of the current transfers balance from surplus to deficit.