The main insurance office of Greece will split into two sectors, dealing with health insurances and pension funds, but with a common administration, as was announced by Minister Petralia.

A new list of occupations falling in the hazardous category will be prepared by the Greek government by the end of the summer. Around 250 000 people may end up outside the list while 200 000 new ones are claiming they should be included.

After many tough games Nikos Polychronopoulos won the prestigious second place and put Greek billiard among the world rank leaders.

"I have never doubted the national identity and the language of the Macedonian people,” said the international mediator for finding a solution to Macedonia's name Matthew Nimitz.

Will the forecast of frontman Eden James come true – “one day music will be distributed like water – you will pay your license fee, in order to use it”? Eden James’ hit “Never Setting Sun” became number one in the Greek TOP 40 after replacing Robbie Williams. The band came to Athens, in order to perform at the biggest Rock Wave Festival in Malakasa park but at the performance day, a pouring rain destroyed all plans. The three members of the band – Eden James, Nathan Newman, and Simon Hall, answered to the questions of Marina Nikolova about their unexpected success in Greece. Today, one day after the memorial concert for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles, we asked “Eden James” to tell us about the influence of his music on them.

The confrontation between locals in Gramatiko and the police are continuing for two days. Yesterday ended with four arrested and four injured policemen.

Dimitris Christofias has sent a letter to the UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon, in which he insists that the closed city Famagusta should be returned to its owners.