Athenian retailers will seek compensation from the state after the defeat and devastation following the successive riots around Syntagma Square during the 48-hour strike of the Greek unions.

Four economic managers left the post after Yanna Despotopoulou became the chairwoman of the Greek branch of Special Olympics. According to the publications, she has appointed members of her family to all key positions and the ongoing Games in Athens have double the budget of the games organized in other countries.

An investment tender for 11.3 billion euros for the port of Thessaloniki is announced. Another 4 billion euros are allocated to the new cruise platform in Piraeus. Communists and extreme leftists are muttering against the privatization.

Tear and asphyxiating gases are defined as chemical weapons and their use is prohibited even during wars. The Union of Chemists in Greece appeals the Prime Minister George Papandreou to ban their use by the police to disperse protesters.

Athens is a city that has turned its back to the sea and it could change, were the words of the Minister of Environment George Papakonstantinou. The Italian architect Renzo Piano, known for his avant-garde ideas and design of high-tech buildings in harmony with the environment, presented in Athens a master plan to create a coastal park, which will merge the neighbourhoods Kallithea and Moshato with the sea. His dream is this park to become an integral part of the city and Athens to open to the sea, which is the most peculiar feature of "its face."

Suicides in the country have increased dramatically by approximately 40% after the outbreak of the economic crisis. This show the latest data and epidemiological studies, said Health Minister Andreas Loverdos.

A video, showing how policemen are talking with face-covered participants in the clashes provoked anger in society and unconvincing explanations from the police. They must respond to the testimony of citizens for spraying asphyxiating gases in the subway, where there were wounded and demonstrators with respiratory problems.