Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is visiting Riga, Latvia, on Thursday and Friday to participate in the 4th Eastern Partnership summit.

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Thursday rejected a New York Times article claiming that he taped Eurogroup's meeting in Riga and called it "fairytales, fairytales, fairytales".

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis promised to Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura that VAT rates will not change in the current tourist season, said a Tourism Ministry announcement on Thursday .

Europe’s inland and coastal waters have become cleaner and nations such as heavily-indebted Greece and Cyprus boast some of the most pristine bathing spots, according to this year’s EU report on water quality, published on Wednesday.