The European Commission welcomed on Thursday the news Greek lenders Alpha Bank and Eurobank were able to raise capital to meet the shortfalls identified by the ECB’s stress tests solely through private investors and welcomed their amended restructuring plans.

An entirely different museum, digital and dedicated to Plato, the great philosopher of the antiquity, opened at the archaeological site of Plato's Academy in Athens.

A total of 64 defendants are to stand trial before a criminal appeals court on Friday on charges of bribery in exchange for a multi-million contract given to Siemens to digitise Greek phone company systems, the so-called "8002 contract."