Greek producer prices increased at the fastest rate in eighteen months in June, according to a report from the Hellenic Statistical Authority ELSTAT.

The government and the Federation of Hellenic Enterprises agreed to launch a direct communication line to boost production and battle unemployment.

Serbia's Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin and Greek Minister for Macedonia and Thrace Giorgos Orfanos agreed in Thessaloniki Greece that the two countries should reach an agreement on protection of Serbian military memorials in Greece as soon as possible.

Emmanuel Kondylis, a business administration professor, will be the new chairman, the fifth since 2010, of the privatizations agency HRADF, which has fallen behind on privatization targets that form part of Greece's 240 billion euro international bailout.