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.

A 37-year-old man died following a fireworks explosion at a christening ceremony in Nea Manolada, in the Peloponnese.

Greek PM Antonis Samaras gets set to talk with socialist PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left chief Fotis Kouvelis.

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos attacked the institution of parliament after the statement was made that “stormtroopers will not be tolerated”.

PM back in fray after backing but no concessions from Hollande, Merkel

On returning from official visits to Berlin and Paris, PM Antonis Samaras said these meetings would allow Greece to reverse negative views of the country abroad.

A 24-year-old Greek man, alleged to have started a fire on Chios because he was angry at not being hired as a firefighter, has been arrested.