More than three million passengers, double the number forecast for this year, are estimated to travel yearly with Ryanair planes to and from Thessaloniki in three years from now, if the plans of the low-cost airliner come to fruition, David O'Brien, the company’s Chief Commercial Officer said in a press conference on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday was received by Greek President Karolos Papoulias at the Presidential Mansion.

Greece intends to table a request for a six-month extension to the loan agreement on Wednesday, sources said on Tuesday.

A criminal group, which is involved in robberies and aggravated burglaries in the area of Karditsa, and the murder of an elderly woman during a robbery with loot one TV set, was taken down by police officers of the Karditsa Security Department.