Two victories in the pool stage has seen Greece start well in the European Volleyball Championships.

Two goals in twenty minutes saw South Korea dominate its friendly match against Australia.

Greece had its best performances ever at the World Rowing Championships, taking away three medals from the rowing competition in Poland last week.

Two late goals to Switzerland saw them defeat Greece in the World Cup qualifying match in Basle, Switzerland.

The Greek Ministry for the Interior ha announced an increase in operational funding for migrant reception centres

The call by Alex Tsipras for an extraordinary party conference of SYRIZA has failed after major coalition partner, Synaspismos, rejected the proposal.

The Athens Stock Exchange suffered a bomb attack last week which damaged offices of the exchange and left a woman slightly injured..

The construction of a new airport in Crete as a Public-Private joint venture was announced by the Greek Government last week.

The extension of the Attiki Odos tollway in Greece was announced by the Greek Public Works Minister, George Souflias.

The tallks between both sides in Cyprus were postponed last week because of the poor treatment of Greek Cypriots on a pilgrimage in occupied northern Cyprus.