Racial and xenophobic activities of Golden Dawn and abuse of power arrests by the judiciary are the main topics of the annual State Department report on human rights for Greece in 2013.

Deputy Finance minister Giorgos Mavraganis sent the ministry's report on bankrupt businesses in the age of recession to the parliament. It was asked by majority conservative MP Athanasios Bouras, who has been asking for measures which will help businesses closed due to the recession re-enter the market.

In 1919, in a forgotten page in history, Greek troops landed in Ukraine to squelch the bolsheviks and protect local Greeks. Despite their military prowess, the Allied mission was a failure.

One qualification for the Euro 2012 finals and another for the World Cup 2014 finals in four years is no small feat. Fernando Santos took the reins of the legendary Greek national football team from Otto Rehhagel, whose smashing run as manager included leading the team to the 2004 Euro triumph in Portugal and kept the flag flying high.