By paying 400 million euros worth of debt to the Athens Water and Sewage Company EYDAP, the government hopes it will make the firm more lucrative ahead of efforts to privatize it.

Shortly before the completion of its permanent home, The National Museum of Contemporary Art EMST is shifting its focus to the young generation of Greek artists.

High unemployment and the lack of liquidity in the market for the support of small and medium-sized enterprises are the main problems of the Greek economy, which the European Commission believes, "will stabilize in 2014 and revert to a positive growth rate."

Greece has made "striking improvements" in absorbing European Union structural funds in its attempts to get the economy on a growth path, according to a European Commission report.