The foreign debt of Greece remains unsustainable and Brussels wants a greater voluntary haircut of the obligation on government bond loans provided by the private sector. There is still no consensus on the matter.

A group of protesters tried to break the hydraulic wall along Vassilias Sofias Avenue and the police dispersed them with tear gas, reports Anastasia Balezdrova.

All opposition parties want the resignation of the Cypriot President. He and his party rejected the report of the committee whereby Christofias has political and personal responsibility for the blast, which killed 13 people.

The victim is a 35-year-old-man of Kurdish origin, the anti-terrorism service has undertaken the case.

Its index plunged 6.28 per cent in only a day because of the uncertainties about the next tranche, the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises warned that the revocation of collective agreements is not the most serious problem for private business.

According to animal rights advocates, today's World Animal Day is a day of mourning; stray animals are killed intentionally.

The feeling of insecurity in Europe is getting stronger, as reflected also by the Greeks who are losing confidence in the capabilities of today's government to tackle the growing crisis. The last three months of 2011 are crucial for the beginning of the recovery programme.