Archaeologists in northern Greece have found a tomb that they consider to be having connection with the reign of warrior-king Alexander the Great and the tomb dating between 325-300 BC, officials said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras visited the tightly-guarded site on Tuesday said the discovery is very important.

After the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced the shutdown of ERT, thousands of workers of the biggest labor unions in the country have gone on strike.

The bus and train workers joined the strike on Thursday against the sudden halt of the broadcaster. They are now threatening to continue the strike for 24 hours bringing the country to standstill.

Monday, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras were at a joint press conference, where the PM has announced that the construction of the Bulgaria-Greece gas link would probably begin in March 2013.

A recent report has revealed that a visit this week to Athens has helped in putting local difficulties of Europe into context. The visit had been organized by the European Commission, the report says, which was aimed at informing journalists belonging to other EU countries regarding Greece's state of affairs.

There are fair chances that Greece may buy back bonds at reduced prices in order to shove off some of its debt load, as per reports. For the same, it's likely to extend the debt buyback for an extra day so that it can receive all extra offers from the bondholders.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has confirmed that negotiation talks are going with Greece, but he also said that nothing has been finalized yet. Talks in regard to debt crisis being faced by the latter country were being held.