Dramatic political events took place in Athens in the afternoon today after the country was a step away from economic collapse. The two main parties, the ruling PASOK and the main opposition New Democracy, have agreed how to govern from now on.

The replacement of the Minister of Finance Georgios Papakonstantinou is considered to be certain and a consensus figure is wanted for this position, no early elections for now.

Air currents carry pollutants from the Black Sea, the Balkans and northern Italy to the atmosphere over the Greek capital.

Tear gas, Molotov cocktails, stones, water bottles and eggs flew in the air in downtown Athens during the today's innumerable demonstration. Marina Nikolova and Anastasia Balezdrova report from the scene.

A karmic day for Greece seems to be June 15, the Discontented gathered around the Parliament at dawn, lawmakers began discussing the new economic program of the government and the Prime Minister Papandreou meets the President Papoulias.

They strike from Ethnos in support of a dismissed fellow journalist. The economic Imerisia can not make out why the job of onemperson should put at risk the jobs of many others. Anastasia Balezdrova attended the meeting of the journalists from Bobolas' media empire.

The Public Debt Management Agency registered a significant decline in the interest of foreign investors and Greece’s credit rating collapsed bellow that of Argentina and Jamaica.