Around 200,000 jobs have been lost or are threatened in the country since the beginning of the year, a survey by the General Confederation of Small Manufacturers and Traders of Gre

A ‘green’ scheme to replace old air conditioning units with new energy-efficient units has proven very successful with over 140 000 units replaced in the last three months.

The handling by the Greek Government of the summer fire threat has attracted strident criticism from the Greek Opposition parties.

A series of emergency measures were announced by the Greek Government following the fires in Attiki.

The Greek mens basketball team won the Acropolis tournament against Lithuania, Serbia and Russia in the run up to the 2009 European Basketball Championships in Poland.

Olympiakos and APOEL qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League but Panathinaikos were eliminated following the final play-off matches.

AEK have progressed to the Europa League group stage following their victory over Vaslui while PAOK were eliminated following their draw with Heerenveen.

Olympiakos has enjoyed a favourable draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League while APOEL has been drawn in the ‘group of death.’

The second round of the Greek Super League saw PAO, Olympiakos, AEK and PAOK win their matches on Sunday.

Simon Crean was at the start of the work on the Kingston Heath Regional Soccer facility, along with other local, State and Federal Government politicians.