A massive police crackdown on bootleg cigarette vendors led to 26 undocumented immigrants being detained and large quantities of illicit goods being confiscated.

Some 2,500 civil servants who have been put on a so-called labor reserve scheme on reduced pay are to be transferred to understaffed parts of the public sector.

A total of 1,041 undocumented migrants were returned to their countries of origin in December as part of an ongoing campaign to crack down on illegal immigration.

The war of words between the coalition government and SYRIZA over the alleged doctoring of the Lagarde list of Greek depositors with Swiss bank accounts has intensified.

Minister says breakup of massive racket marks launch of zero-tolerance policy.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras returns to work today having stressed the need for the government to maintain social cohesion in 2013.

Three police officers are among 28 people arrested.

One man was found dead at a river in central Greece on Sunday as rainstorms have swept most of Greece.

Social security database starts operating from January.

The pessimism index in Greece is showing a decline for the first time in two years.