The battle of words between SYRIZA and veteran PASOK kingpin Theodoros Pangalos has reached a new crescendo after the latter heaped abuse against Rena Dourou and Manolis Glezos, on a radio show.

Alexis Tsipras has called prime minister Antonis Samaras “Mr Baroso's puppet, “ commenting on yesterday's Financial Times article describing the repercussions from former PM Papandreou's decision to call for a referendum.

Administrative personnel at universities across the country are staging a preliminary 48 hour strike, maintaining that colleagues fired have not been placed on the mobility scheme.

Forty migrants on a boat off Mytilene were rescued by a Coast Guard detachment today. One of the migrants had fallen overboard but was rescued