The Dow Jones did marginally better than last week, closing at 8277.3 points, a 0.1% rise. In London, the FTSE 100 closed the week at 4357.3, which is a 0.4% rise from last week. The Athens stock exchange rose 6.8% this week, closing on Friday at 2280.15 points.

Lord Howell, vice-leader of the conservatives and foreign policy spokesman in the Lords Chamber of the British parliament predicted that politicians will be shocked by the Euro-election results.

The movie “Dogtooth” of the 35 year old director Georgios Lanthimos took the prestigious Un Certain Regard Prize on the Cannes Festival.

Until July, all citizens - Greeks and foreigners living in Greece, needs to get an social insurance registration number (AMKA).