Major renovations at the National Archaeological Museum saw the re-positioning of the statue depicting Eirini holding Pluto atop the museum’s main entrance.

Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat have agreed to accelerate the pace of their talks in an effort to forge a solution to the issue of Cyprus.

The operation of the newly privatised Olympic Airways as of October 1 will see 21 aircraft serving local and international routes, according to Marfin CEO, Andreas Vgenopoulos.

Dora Bakoyannis met with the US ambassador, Daniel Speckhard, in preparation for her upcoming meeting with Hilary Clinton.

The two major election television debates will see the leaders of the six major parties on air tonight and Karamanlis and Papandreou face off in the second debate tomorrow night.

Theo Kostoglou will be cooking up a storm at the Melbourne Royal Show.

AEK and Panathinaikos got off to horrible starts on Matchday One of the Europa League, as both sides were comprehensively defeated by their respective opponents.

Olympiakos earnt a last minute victory against Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar at home while Cypriot side APOEL eked out a scoreless draw against Atletico Madrid in Spain in the group s

The Greek run in the 2009 European Basketball Championships came to an end with its loss to Spain in the semi-finals.

Round four of the Greek Super League saw Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Xanthi, Asteras Tripoli, Iraklis and Kavala emerge as winners.