Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras pledged on Monday evening that his party would abolish a ruling PASOK law granting Greek nationality to immigrants and accused the government of introducing "dissolving phenomena in Greek society".

The parliament plenary late Monday passed a bill on payments in the domestic market, which contains a provision allowing the finance minister of the country to sign accords in the context of the European Support Mechanism for the Greek economy without requiring prior approval of the individual agreements by parliament, with the exception of borrowing from other countries.

A German tourist who lost his way on Mt. Olympos on Monday was found safe and well by rescuers in the first hours of Tuesday.

Athens journalists will take part in the 24-hour nationwide labor strike that has been called for Thursday, according to a decision of the Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) board.

Prime minister George Papandreou said his government's attention on its targets was not distracted by the criticism his government was facing or the preparations for the founding of new political parties, in the second part of an interview with Eleftherotypia daily appearing on Monday.

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras will address a party event on Monday afternoon on migration issues.

The permanent exhition on Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957), perhaps the most important and most translated Greek writer of the 20th century, was inaugurated at the 'Nikos Kazantzakis Museum' in Myrtia village in the prefecture of Iraklion, on the island of Crete, on Saturday night.

Democrats Abroad - Greece will host a traditional Independence Day picnic at the Lagonissi public beach on Sunday, July 4.

The yield spread between the 10-year Greek and German benchmark bonds was 772 basis points on Friday, from 775 bps on Thursday, with turnover in the Greek electronic secondary bond market falling to 85 million euros. The Greek bond yielded 10.32 pct and the German Bund 2.60 pct.

Prime minister George Papandreou assured that his PASOK government will respect the outcome of the deliberation with the social partners and desires consensus, speaking after a Cabinet session to a meeting that was attended by the leaders of the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants (GSEBEE), finance minister George Papaconstantinou, employment minister Andreas Loverdos and several PASOK MPs responsible for labor and social security issues.