Judicial authorities in Thessaloniki have asked Parliament to lift the immunity of Panos Kammenos, head of the Independent Greeks party so that he can face trial for incitement to violence.

The importance of tourism in the backbone of Greek economy was the gist of the address by finance minister Yannis Stournaras, at the 12th Conference of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) entitled "Tourism and Growth."

Undertaking of "joint action with Italy" is particularly important was the message sent by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday, from Italy, the in view of the two countries' successive EU presidencies in 2014, so that "Europe changes" course.