Greek – Australian Jim Grivokostopoulos has been elected as Manningham's Mayor for 2013-14. He is the second Greek-Australian to win municipal office this week as Mary Lalios was reelected as mayor of Whittlesea.

As part of a series of debates on issues of contemporary relevance in Greece and Europe, and ahead of the Thessaloniki European Youth Capital City 2014, the British Embassy in Athens organised a highly successful public debate in Thessaloniki on 13 November.

The Authority Against the Legalisation of Income from Criminal Activity and Funding of Terrorism ordered the confiscation of cargo on board the Sierra Leone-flagged freighter "Nour-M", on Wednesday.

Greece will receive 160.24 million euros from community funds earmarked to support young employment in Greece in the period 2014-2015, the European Commission said in a statement released in Brussels on Wednesday.