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Basketball player Vassilis Spanoulis, member of the Greek national team, announced his retirement from the national team after the end of the match between Greece-Latvia for the Eurobasket 2015.

President of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce & Entrepreneurship Vassilis Korkidis said that 9 out of 10 Greek businesses have recorded an unprecedented plunge in their revenues during the 2015 summer sales period.  Korkidis painted a gloomy picture of the Greek market saying that the drop in turnover during summer reached 70 per cent, while 3 out of 10 businesses had shut down.

President of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce & Entrepreneurship Vassilis Korkidis said 60 thousand Greek businesses have applied to move their operations to Bulgaria due to capital controls and the inability by the Greek government to deal with severe problem faced by businesses.

A parliamentary committee began debating amid disagreements on Monday a government bill that foresees the scrapping of maximum security jails.

Convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros has been recaptured a year after he disappered.

Skai TV said that the Xiros was caught by members of the anti-terrorism squad near Anavyssos, southeast of Athens.

Xeros had been on the run since January 2014, when he failed to return to Korydallos Prison after being released on furlough.

Greece's Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias could not confirm on Monday claims made by a passenger rescued from the stranded Norman Atlantic ferry that four people had died on the vessel.

A new communication system donated to the Greek Police (ELAS) by the British government is expected to go into operation in the next four to six months, Kathimerini understands.

Greek Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias (photo) on Thursday called on political parties and citizens to show self-restraint over the next few days as Athens enters a particularly tense period.

A few hours after two 5.1-Richter quakes struck the Gulf of Evia, north of Athens, Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Tuesday heralded a readiness exercise to ensure that Greek authorities are prepared to respond adequately in the event of a strong earthquake.

Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Friday denied that migrant reception centers in Greece are a “disgrace.”

Kikilias made his comments while visiting a former army camp in Corinth, west of Athens, that has been turned into a center for holding irregular migrants.

He said that so far some 450 migrants who had been held at the center have been repatriated.