The title of “best new farmer 2013” for Greece has gone to 26 year old Christos Panayotidis, who will now represent Greece in the relevant European competition.

A recent article in Bloomberg shows that among cities being eyed for investment by billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson is Athens.

With just over five months to go until European Parliament and local elections are held in Greece the Greek coalition government's majority in parliament shrank to just three seats on Saturday after a lawmaker rebelled over a controversial new law to extend property taxes to farmland.

The Greek government will be taking over the EU presidency on 1 January 2013 with a host of very dangerous problems dogging its heels.