Nine Greek transport projects are slated to receive EU funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) after the European Commission’s decision earlier this month to inject 6.7 billion euros in transport infrastructure to boost jobs and growth.

New Democracy's proposal for governing the country consisted of a two-pronged approach based on less spending and fewer taxes, main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, addressing the annual general meeting of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

It was time for the government to move toward creating a stable election system with greater elements of simple proportional representation, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on Tuesday, after meeting Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to discuss changing election law and a constitutional revision.