The protest of the trade union of the employees in the public sector (ADEDY) and the trade union of the employees in the private sector (GSEE) includes companies that manage the public transport, the subway, the electric train in Athens, the railways in the country and the association of air traffic controllers.

The most serious problem faced by federations is the supply of sports equipment in some countries. The Chairman of Special Olympics International Timothy Shriver said that the athletes all around the world deserve to have good coaches and great expectations and that if we can not grant them, this would mean that we have failed.

Various factors are hampering immigrants or impeding their access to health services not only in Greece. Trained "cultural" mediators entered Greek hospitals a few months ago for the first time to translate into the immigrants’ native languages and help them to overcome the bureaucratic procedures while in hospital or in the process of health examinations.

The Governor of Bank of Greece stated that if the country applied reasonable and achievable fiscal policy during the period 2000-2010, the debt could now be less than 100% of the GDP. He criticized the government and insisted on immediate cuts in spending.

The new framework law aims to eliminate the legal basis of university asylum, which allowed during its 30 years of existence different groups to burn, break and attack with impunity.