President Mary McAleese said today that her visit - the first to Greece by an Irish head of state - was an important contribution to the development of relations between Ireland and Greece.

Greek police announced today they have a suspected November 17 terrorist in custody, their first-ever breakthrough in a 27 year war against Europe’s most elusive urban guerrilla group.

More than 300 million Europeans have begun swapping their old currencies for the euro at midnight.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was today addressing a governing socialist party convention and meeting Greek political leaders.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrived in Athens today to attend a governing socialist party convention and meet with Greek political leaders.