SYRIZA leader called for action to be taken to put a brake on Greece’s slide into an ever-deepening recession and for the foundations of “a post-troika era”.

Government aiming to reach agreement on 11.5-bln-euro package in 10 days

Teachers, public-sector doctors and soldiers took to the streets in protest at the wage cuts proposed in the government’s new austerity package.

Coastal shipping vessels may be forced to abandon their Aegean Sea routes in the coming months due to the dire financial situation ferry companies have found themselves in

A total of 645 migrants were temporarily detained by police officers in downtown Athens as part of the ongoing Xenios Zeus operation aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

Golden Dawn’s Christos Pappas filed a civil suit against Citizen Protection Minister and the chief of the Greek Police Lt Gen Nikos Papagiannopoulos for slander.

The program will allow small companies to be granted letters of guarantee from ETEAN and enable them to bolster their cash flow.

The Finance Minister appeared upbeat after a meeting with troika officials, although the two sides have yet to reach an agreement on some 11.5 billion euros of cuts.

Police announced the arrest of two suspects, a 31-year-old Belgian national and a 36-year-old Greek, for setting up an organised hydroponics farm.

The Environment Ministry said that it is extending the deadline for Greeks who own illegally built or illegally altered homes to declare their properties.