Deputy Labour Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis confirmed today that the nation's National Center for Administering Pensions will be up and running by the year's end.

Greek real estate developer Lamda Development sold 10% of its shares to private equity group Blackstone, for 20.2 million euros.

Today brought a nationwide rolling power strike across Greece, in response to the government's plan to privatize the state's major PPC electricity company.