The icons were stolen from churches in Epirus and Pelion in 2009 and 2010, they are in good condition and date back to the 18th and the 19th century. These mountain areas in central Greece are most frequently subject to attacks of thieves because they are inaccessible.

The Troika will send an official letter to the Prime Minister, containing the explicit comments on the program implemented so far and what is required to be done immediately. If they are not taken into account by the time of the next visit of the mission to Athens, Greece could remain unsupported.

There will come contemporary pension insurance after at least two of the sacred cows of the public sector are put to the sward - the first is the idea that the state pays for everything, and the second - that the working generation provides for pensioners.

"I am not of those who argue that culture will save us from the crisis, but I think that the Acropolis Museum could become the place where you could take a breath, to put away the grayness," says the director of the Acropolis Museum Professor Dimitrios Pandermalis.

"Greek universities have a vague direction, inadequate goals and an uncertain future," states a report of an international experts' committee on the status of Greek universities.

The bill introducing changes to the law on ministerial responsibility was adopted on first reading with the votes of the two major parties PASOK and New Democracy. The extreme rights from LAOS voted against it, while the communists and the radical left abstained.

There is a lot of work to be done and years of constant efforts lie ahead, stated the President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy who pays a visit to Athens this week. He addressed a speech on "Greece and Europe: Building the future in difficult times".