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.

Undercover sting sees court action against drivers.

The Australian Red Cross are looking for people who have used the International Tracing Services to find missing family members.

Multiple Greek connections in Sydney siege, including criminal lawyer Manny Conditsis.

In mid-October Greek bond yields nearly doubled as a result of investor concerns over political developments in the country.

In total old and new expired debts to the state come to 72.77 billion euros, according to Finance Ministry data released yesterday.

Establishing an assessment scheme for Greece’s job-for-life civil servants was among the list of reforms requested by the debt-hit country’s foreign lenders.

SYRIZA and Independent Greeks both slammed the prosecutor’s decision to shelve the probe.