Greece and Albania are experiencing a renewed push in their relations, Greek President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias said on Monday, after meeting with Albania's President Bujar Nishani, in Tirana.

The European Parliament's initiative to enforce oversight over the troika, fist in the finance committee and then the plenum to offer explanations on the Greek program, was relayed by parliament president Martin Schulz to government vice president Evangelos Venizelos.

The title of number one producer of fish (brim and sea bass) from hatcheries, globally, has again been garnered by Greece in 2013, for the twentieth year in a row.