A programmed Demo Flight by a Skygreece airliner took place to Mytilene, in the framework of trials ahead of transatlantic flights.

Greek and Portuguese markets are attracting a fair number of yield-hungry investors, as the outlook for the bailed-out countries improves and alternatives look more expensive or increasingly risky.

Major streets shut down in downtown Athens today for the parade celebrating the Greek Independence Day of March 25, while police were on alert, in great numbers.

A prison guard at Malandrino correctional facilities was attacked by an inmate who slit his carotid artery with a shank, a homemade knife.