Hundreds of rioters are fighting pitched battles with police in the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki following the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in central Athens last night.

At least two people died and 90 others were injured when a strong earthquake struck southwestern Greece today.

A new, smaller Greek Cabinet will be sworn in today, giving conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis a streamlined governing team for his party’s second term.

Firefighters raced today to exploit a lull in winds fanning a wildfire that ravaged holiday resorts in northern Greece, leaving a German tourist dead and dozens of people injured.