The government, now in a more-or-less “caretaker” mode, on Tuesday issued a final approval for a long-awaited project to build a new inter-city bus terminal serving the greater Athens-Piraeus area.

Greece gains broader access to the American tourist market with the resumption of the direct flights of Air Canada to Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" for the new tourism season, as there were no direct flights from Canada to the Greek capital until recently.

The armed robbery at a Rolex store that took place on Tuesday morning in the center of Athens has caused a great stir, with the police forces launching a manhunt to locate the perpetrators, but no arrests have been made so far.