5,968 companies across Greece were inspected from 3 to 9 August; offences were established in 1,194 of them

The aim is to contain the crisis caused by the prolonged stay of thousands of Syrian refugees and illegal immigrants on the island

The Prime Minister has requested the immediate convening of MPs aimed at wrapping up the process by Thursday, 13 August. The agreement's draft was lodged with parliamentary committees as early as Tuesday, to be distributed to MPs in time.

The former Greek finance minister joined the campaign to raise €100,000 to fund the dissemination of the trade agreement between the US and the European Union (TTIP)

Everything depends on the vote in the Greek Parliament, which will be held at midnight on Thursday, and also on the reaction of Germany – the key country for the financing of the new three-year programme for Greece

During the holidays, trucks weighing more than 1.5 tons will be banned from the roads in places across Greece

A little earlier, in a statement the mayor of Kos, Giorgos Kiritsis, appealed to the government to immediately solve the issue of illegal immigrants on the island, which exceed 7,000