Both main parties seek ways to make arrears affordable, one option being ESM assuming bank recap costs.

Massive search and rescue mission underway.

Christmas nightmare for 268 Greek souls on Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic- one dead.

Primary surplus at 3.56 billion euros thanks to containment of expenditure in year to end-November.

The Finance Ministry has issued T-bills adding up to 15 billion euros, which are mostly to be found in the portfolios of local banks.

50 men claiming to be AEK supporters allegedly prevented a meeting of the municipal council from taking place.

Real estate agents value the island at around 1.5 million euros.

Mr Moscovici chose to all but endorse Antonis Samaras, the beleaguered Greek prime minister who promises to play by the European Union’s dysfunctional rules.

Samaras has to find another 12 votes to secure Dimas’s election in the third and final round on Monday.

Newcomers talk about their Christmas plans and mood some 13,569 km away from home.