A helicopter and willing accomplices is all it took for Vassilis Paleokostas and Alket Rizai to stage a dramatic escape from the Korydallos prison in western Athens.

The Greek Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis, announced a 12 point plan to cut government spending in an effort to deal with the economic crisis.

Anti-racism demonstrators attacked the offices of the newspaper Apogevmatini.

Strict checks will be put on petrol prices in Greece.

The number of Athenians using the Athens Metro has increased in the last 12 months.

Greece has seen the closure of more than 1600 illegal dumps since the middle of 2008.

Greece has seen an increase in corruption in the last 12 months, according to a survey commissioned by global anti-corruption watychdog. Transperancy International.

Greek Foreign Minister, Dora Bakoyiannis, spent five days in Washington and New York meeting with senior figures from the US Administration and from the United Nations.

The City of Athens council decided last week to put in place a moratorium on the issuing of new licenses to cafes, bars and restaurants in a number of areas in inner city Athens

The Greek cabinet  approved a draft bill which will allow Greeks abroad to vote in Greek elections from their place of residence last week. Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos urged the …