Nikos Pappas

Olympiakos consolidated itself as joint leader of the Euroleague table with its win over Khimki in Piraeus on Thursday, but it was Panathinaikos's comeback triumph over European champion Fenerbahce that stole the show on Friday.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras attended a dinner held in his honour by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) and the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) on Monday night. Addressing those present, Mr. Tsipras expressed his surprise about the fact that he was receiving such positive feedback on Greece.

Greek PM Tsipras met with senators, representatives, businessmen and prominent economic and social figures from the Greek community in the state of Illinois. from the state of Illinois the state, with and executives of the Greek community, who has a very important presence both in the social and the political and economic life of Chicago.

The government plans to subsidize internet access for about 72,000 students accepted into the country's universities and technical colleges (TEI) this year.

The plan was unveiled during a joint press briefing by Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas and Education Minister Costas Gavroglou in Athens on Friday.

In the latest clash between the judiciary and the leftist-led government, the Council of State on Friday suspended a decision by the Transport Ministry to renationalize the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH).

The ruling followed an appeal by shareholders in OASTH for plans to liquidate the company to be suspended.

A cabinet meeting chaired by Alexis Tsipras said the government will compensate homeowners and owners of production units whose houses or the property has been damaged or destroyed by the wildfires raging across the country.

The government on Thursday defended its decision to appoint the father of a prominent minister and close friend of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the helm of a state transport organization, rebuffing accusations of corruption and nepotism from across the political spectrum.

Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis announced on Wednesday the appointment of the economist Stelios Pappas, the father of Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas, as the new president of the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH).

An amendment submitted to Parliament that would have seen refugees and migrants who don't have valid passports banned from owning cell phones in Greece was withdrawn on Saturday after an outcry and the intervention of Migration Policy Ministry officials.

Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas on Friday approved an amendment that would exempt the monastic community of Mount Athos from having to pay disputed property taxes on its sizeable real estate assets.