Greece's Supreme Court on Monday partially revoked a decision to drop charges against Andreas Georgiou, the former head of Greece's independent statistics agency ELSTAT, for presenting artificially inflated figures for Greece's deficit in 2009.
It is in Turkey's financial and international interests to uphold the agreement with the European Union on the handling of refugees, Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas said in an interview on the state broadcaster ERT on Monday.
The Greek-Bulgarian High-Level Cooperation Council held on here on Monday will allow Greece and Bulgaria, two highly important countries of the Balkan peninsula, to make a significant new start toward establishing very close and constructive relations, Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday, in joint statements with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov after the Council ended.
The fire in northern Evia island is under control. The small town of Limni is out of danger. Efforts now focus on the front near the St. Nicholas Monastery in the area of Galataki. 2 aircraft and 4 helicopters try to put out the blazes. In total more than 40 thousand stremmas of forest land have been burnt since Saturday.
Rhodes coast guard are searching to locate a Russian tourist that was reported missing on Sunday continues on Monday.
The mayor of Kos island Giorgos Kyritsis in a letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and to all the political party leaders expressed his concern over the danger the EU-Turkey agreement on migrants and refugees to become inactive.
The attempted coup in Turkey and president Erdogan's wwidening rift with the West is leading to a new surge of migrants seeking refuge in Greece. A dinghy with 34 refugees and migrants was located off the northern coasts of Lesvos on Monday.
The government's aim is to break the record set in 2015, when there were more than 26 million arrivals from abroad and tourism revenue reached 14.1 billion euros, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said in an interview with the Greek newspaper 'Honi' on Sunday.
Greece's entry into the bailout mechanisms and the involvement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be investigated, the head of the junior party in Greece's ruling coalition, Independent Greeks (ANEL) party leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, said in an interview with the ANA released on Sunday.
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Monday in order to attend the Greek-Bulgarian High-Level Cooperation Council.
Greece’s asylum service Wednesday postponed the hearings of the eight Turkish military officers who sought shelter in Greece after participating in the coup attempt in their country, according to Greek officials.
The wildfire raging across the north of Evia is burning for a third day. The small town of Limni is still in danger, with the a boat anchored near the port in case an evacuation operation is necessary.
The Piraeus Port first solar park generating energy using photovoltaic panels has been put into operation, generating up to 430 kWp, the Piraeus Port Authority SA announced on Thursday.
The course of the Greek programme and the issue of the debt relief will be discussed at the europarliament plenum in September, said europarliament vice president and SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis to radio "Praktoreio 104.9" on Friday.