Summer sales have been down 20% in Pireaus, according to the Pireaus Traders Association.

Around 200,000 jobs have been lost or are threatened in the country since the beginning of the year, a survey by the General Confederation of Small Manufacturers and Traders of Gre

A ‘green’ scheme to replace old air conditioning units with new energy-efficient units has proven very successful with over 140 000 units replaced in the last three months.

The handling by the Greek Government of the summer fire threat has attracted strident criticism from the Greek Opposition parties.

A series of emergency measures were announced by the Greek Government following the fires in Attiki.

The Greens have criticised the Karamanlis Government’s handling of the recent fires that destroyed many homes outside Athens and deforested 200kms of forest.

The return of Michalis Christoforakos to Greece is on hold until his legal appeals are heard.

The case to consider the alleged setting alight of a misbehaving Bristish tourist has been postponed until May 2010.

While residential property prices in Attica fell between 5 to 10 percent in the first half of the year an increase in demand is predicted in the second half of 2009.

A human trafficking ring which held 10 illegal immigrants in a container outside of Athens was busted last week in Athens.