Greek parliament this week passed a health ministry amendment amid controversy over an article on price reductions in pharmaceuticals

Troika return to Athens may be delayed despite pressure from Rehn, Lagarde

World Health Organisation claimed that 50 pct of new Greek HIV cases are self-inflicted so that sufferers can get state assistance

Health minister Adonis Georgiadis has announced that it is shutting down a number of wards in three major psychiatric hospitals in Greece

The vast majority of almost 3,000 members of the municipal police who were yanked from their positions in the summer are to be given jobs in the regular force

PM Antonis Samaras and Deputy Premier Evangelos Venizelos met to discuss the reforms Greece has to carry out to meet its lenders’ demands ahead of troika visit

The government and university authorities may compromise over the number of administrative staff being put in a mobility scheme of forced transfers and layoffs dispute

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has urged key ministers to redouble their efforts to meet economic reform targets

The hardest hit are the unemployed, private-sector workers, a large section of self-employed and young people

Strong showers that hit the Greek capital at intervals were expected to persist throughout the day caused flooding on major thoroughfares and in homes and stores