The fuel in 8 of every 10 gas stations is over. Trucks and tanks owners, however, are adamant - they will not discontinue the strike until the government refuses to reorganize the branch on a market base.

The absence of strikes in tourism shows that it is functioning properly, but the state has no strategy for its most important sector which contributes nearly one-fifth of the gross domestic product of Greece, said the president of the Association of Hoteliers in Attica in an interview with Maria S. Topalova

State revenues increased by 7.2% in the first half of the year and the goal is 13.7%. According the Ministry of Finance the GDP level review will help the government integrate the effects of informal economy in the official data on the financial situation of the country.

“We have 150 applications per day from foreigners wishing to study in Greek universities. Most of them are from Albania - about 90%. The other candidates are students from Georgia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and very few from African countries,” said an official of the Ministry of Education.

“If the IMF and the European Commission had not undertaken to Greece, its budget deficit would exceed 20 per cent and gross domestic product would fall by 10 percent,” said the Eurogroup’s chief negotiator with Greece Servas Derose

There are less thefts, robberies and burglaries throughout the country for the second quarter of this year compared with the first quarter, and the police has revealed the perpetrators for more crimes. According to the police these are the first positive result of the new policy for fighting crime for the period 2010-2014.

Dispatchers canceled the announced for Sunday strike, but tomorrow begins the strike of truck and cistern drivers.