Dimitris

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet on Wednesday with the European Union's migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos against the backdrop of mounting reports on the dismal conditions at the Moria reception and processing center on the island of Lesvos.

Former Greek basketball star Theodoros Papaloukas jumps at a beach volleyball event in Mati, east Attica, held on Saturday and Sunday in honor of the nearly 100 victims of last month's wildfire. The event was named after Dimitris Katsoulakis, a young man who perished along with his father, mother and grandmother. [Intime News]

The news of the release on Tuesday of the two Greek soldiers who had been held in a Turkish prison in Edirne since March was accompanied by the usual hyperbole and unrestrained reaction. 

The US State Department has welcomed the return of the two Greek soldiers to Greece after five months' imprisonment in Turkey, congratulating the Greek people and the foreign ministry.

The Ellaktor tug-of-war between brothers Dimitris and Anastasios Kallitsantsis on the one side and Leonidas Bobolas and Dimitris Koutras on the other ended after a month and a half on Wednesday, with the proposal by the Kallitsantsis brothers' Change4Ellaktor initiative emerging victorious from the construction company's general meeting.

The Greek Embassy in Ottawa, Canada is ready to give any assistance required after a gunman opened fire on Sunday night in the busy Toronto district of Greektown, parts of which are still dominated by Canadians of Greek descent.

The European Union's ambassador to Turkey, Christian Berger, has paid a visit to the two Greek military officers held in the high-security prison of Edirne, Turkey, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency cited sources as saying on Tuesday.

In comments to Real FM on Monday, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said Athens considered the issue regarding the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Greece to be resolved.

"We took the measures we needed to take and at the moment we consider the matter to be finished," he said.

In comments to Real FM on Monday, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said Athens considered the issue regarding the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Greece to be resolved.

"We took the measures we needed to take and at the moment we consider the matter to be finished," he said.

The outlook for bilateral ties between Greece and Russia was unclear on Wednesday amid tensions prompted by Greece's decision to expel two Russian diplomats who are alleged to have sought to intervene in domestic affairs and national security.