Processing of seismic research data for hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and south of Crete will be completed by the end of the year, according to environment minister Yiannis Maniatis.

The Special Permanent Committee on Parliamentary Ethics decided, yesterday, to recommend that Parliament lift immunity from prosecution for six Golden Dawn MPs facing charges of forming a criminal organisation and other offences.

NATO remains a factor of stability in a fluid and uncertain global environment, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday after meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen thanked Greece for its enduring support to the Alliance including its support of Smart Defence projects despite tough economic times after his talks with Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos in Athens on Thursday.