The Athens Stock Exchange suspended trading in shares of state-controlled lender Hellenic Postbank following a nearly 30 per cent plunge in its shares.

The governments of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will begin discussions in September about the exporting of natural gas quantities to western European countries.

A state of emergency has been declared on Rhodes after an extensive wildfire broke out in the forested region between Agios Silas and the Petaloudes valley.

According to the electronic crime squad working on the case the video recordings were made in classrooms and show teenagers speaking Greek.

An armed robber made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from a bank in Anixi, a rural area north of Athens, after shooting through the window of the bank.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with his coalition partners for talks on a package of some 11.5 billion euros in austerity measures for 2013 and 2014.

Firefighters were battling several blazes around Greece on Tuesday, including one in Neos Voutzas, northeastern Attica, and another on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese.

The number of guards assigned to protect the Greek Parliament is expected to be reduced by 130 officers, out of 360 currently in service.

A crackdown on the influx of undocumented immigrants entering Greece via the land border with Turkey has apparently resulted in people smugglers changing their routes.

Furniture and apparel hit hardest.