The City of Athens has extended invitations to eight well-known travel bloggers in Europe to experience and report on their own Athenian "Perfect Day" at the city's expense, over seven weeks in September and October.

A total of 29,260 migrants and refugees have left from Lesvos island since Monday. According to the planning, the camp of Kara Tepe, where tents were set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will be used for Syrian refugees, who will be identified at the former road safety park and will stay in the camp.

Schools around Greece are beginning the new year on Friday with major staff shortages. Education Minister Froso Kiaou on Thursday assured that the caretaker government will be filling some of the gaps.

Despite having already locked up first place in Group C, Greece finished off their EuroBasket 2015 group stage in fine fashion with a 68-65 victory over a determined Netherlands side knowing a win would get them into the knockout stage.