Hello, music fans It is the beginning of the shortest and the coldest month of the year and we are again with our favourite GRR HOT 15. To dance, sing and, of course, to see its surprises this time.

Torrential rains and heavy snowfalls in Greece made the weather heavy. Rivers of waters blocked many roads in central Athens. The rain that lasted for hours flooded streets and homes. There are snow-ploughs cleaning the roads and throwing salt throughout the road network in the country.

Many primary and high schools across the country will be merged, although mayors, parents and pupils do not support the government plans for introducing the Kalikratis program in education. But the Ministry of Education has decided to merge hundreds of schools especially in the areas of Thessaloniki, Trikala, Epirus, the Peloponnese and Crete from the next school year.

Pharmacists demand the state to pay off its debts to pharmacies that have already amounted to nearly 500 million euro.

Five people from the newly-formed organization solidarity initiative in support of the 300 immigrants who went on a hunger strike ten days ago were called before the Court of Appeal today to give explanations. The five activists who supported the immigrants are called before the court for being suspected of immigrants trafficking.

The trial of the accused members of the terrorist organization Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei took a turn. The court decided at the meeting that lasted several hours to proceed with the case in the absence of the accused and their defenders.

George Papakonstantinou invited all social partners in the ministry to take part in a "constructive" dialogue before introducing the final text of the bill for a vote. After a four-hour hearing of the views of different parties in the public dialogue the situation was like in the fable about the eagle, cancer and pike.