The city of Delphi will submit a bid to be named European Capital of Culture for 2021 with the slogan "Metamorfosis," the mayor of Delphi Thanassis Panagiotopoulos said on Wednesday at a special event held at the National History Museum in Athens.

Greece’s opposition parties harshly criticized the government for the high taxes included in the 2016 draft budget which is discussed in the parliament’s economics committee since Wednesday.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday spoke on the phone with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to brief him on his contacts in Israel and Palestine and ask him to call a political leaders' meeting when he returns from Rome.

Germany has handed Athens the names of more than 10,000 of its citizens suspected of dodging taxes with holdings in Swiss banks.