"The 24th of July is a milestone for democracy," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his message for the 42nd anniversary of the post-Junta period and called on all political and social forces to a broad, open and fruitful dialogue on constitutional reform.
Tourism traffic to the Ionian Islands, which include favorites Corfu and Zakynthos, picked up pace in the first half of 2016, Vice Governor of Tourism and Promotion for the Ionian Islands Region, Spiros Galiatsatos, said during a press conference this week.
Greece's public debt was 176.3 pct of GDP in the first quarter of 2016, down 0.6 pct from the fourth quarter of 2015, but up 5.8 pct from the same period last year, Eurostat said in a report released here on Friday.