Greece's prospects are  better than two years ago, though much remains to be done, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said in her address to the federal parliament.

PAOK Salonika suffered a shock 3-0 defeat against PAS Giannina, which cut their lead at the top of the Greek championship to a single point from second-placed Olympiakos Piraeus.

The Greek culture ministry has announced that it intends to officially sponsor the traditional villages of Epirus' Zagori district in northwestern Greece as a Greek 'cultural landscape' to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Deputy Pavlos Chaikalis, a well known actor by profession, made the revelation during a television show, saying he had a recording of the bribery attempt that he has already submitted to the prosecutor.