Alternate Finance Minister Nandia Valavani informed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that she resigns from her post in a letter sent on 13 July to the Maximos mansion.

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) deputy Lefteris Avgenakis, representing Irakleio prefecture, on Tuesday, tabled a question requesting an inquiry into whether a “well-known” government minister withdrew200,000 euros from a fixed-term savings account days before capital controls were imposed!

Passenger traffic through Greek airports increased by 14.6 percent in the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2014, recording an 8.7 percent rise in the total number of flights over the same period, according to data released by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Friday.