Navarino Challenge and Spetses minimarathon have increased tourism to Greece

The rally was marking the one year anniversary since the killing of rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a far-right Golden Dawn supporter.

Opposition party SYRIZA is standing at 24 per cent, trailed by New Democracy at 18 per cent while far right nationalist party Golden Dawn is third at 6.5 per cent.

The leading archaeologist at the dig says it’s futile for other archaeologists to suggest the tomb dates in a period outside the 4th century BC.

At least 13 well-known tour operators in Russia have gone under, causing problems for thousands of customers who were travelling with them abroad.

One man identified is an officer of the Galatsi precinct’s security police and is known as “the Patissia torturer”.

Antonis Samaras will brief Merkel on the challenge the coalition is facing in ensuring a successor to President Karolos Papoulias can be elected next year.

UN special envoy says negotiations are “really beginning now”.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras raised eyebrows in August after spending two days at the semi-autonomous monastic community on Mount Athos in northern Greece.

Ministry says SYRIZA have underestimated the cost of numerous pledges made at the Thessaloniki International Fair.