The natural gas discovered in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone will change the energy map of the entire region and can contribute to solving the political issue of the island, according to politicians from Greece and Cyprus.

Greek minister of Finance Evangelos Venizelos refused to directly confirm or deny that the Greeks will have to bear new measures, but said that if the 2011 budget were not met new cuts would come after the New Year.

Blamed as the head of the gang that kidnapped the shipping magnate Perilikis Panagopoulos he is holding hostage three officers and 18 relatives of other prisoners, while negotiating with the authorities to surrender. Four members of the group Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei are together with him.

The Bank of Greece supervisors have found that Laurentios Laurentiadis was granting hundreds of billions to figureheads, who participated in fraudulent schemes. Significant ungrounded consumer loans were granted, among which are the names of the lawyer Alexandros Likourezos and the notary Catherine Peleki.

It would be better if it itself went out of the club of 17, rather than being thrown away from there, economists are calling "We are in a very difficult situation that will not last long," admits Deutsche Bank.

Services fighting economic crimes reproach judges for being more lenient to popular and promoted by media offenders.