Tourism minister Olga Kefaloyanni is on a three day visit of Constantinople in order to promote Greek tourism.

The bad condition of the Greek banking sector and the deep crisis in the Greek real estate market are highlighted in an article in Austrian newspaper Wiener Zeitung.

An accident involving an intercity bus, a truck and a passenger car at Tempi pass has cost the life of one person and sent 17 other to hospital with two in critical condition, on Monday night.

The remote island of Pserimos has been declared in an emergency situation because of the damage wrought by extreme weather in just under an hour.