Two members of the Albanian team that participated in cooperation with the Italians, in towing the Norman Atlantic to Vlora died during the towing operations on Tuesday morning.

With the phrase "Now is the great moment, Prime Minister," Karolos Papoulias welcomed Antonis Samaras at the Presidential Palace, with whom he met a short while ago.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesman Gerry Rice on Monday said that talks with Greek authorities for the completion of the six review of the bailout programme will resume after the country holds general elections next month.

Special Court justice Nikolaos Passos on Monday set a date of February 25, 2015 for the trial of former finance minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou on charges relating to his handling of the so-called 'Lagarde list' - a CD supplied by French authorities giving the names of Greeks with bank accounts at a Swiss branch of HSBC.