For the second day in a row, thousands of people flocked to the central Syntagma Square in Athens to protest against the austerity measures amounting to 13.5 billion euro that lawmakers must approve tonight. As usual, there were clashes between demonstrators and police.

"Mitt Romney lost by a narrow margin. I think the winner in 2016 will be a Republican," says the honorary professor at the University of Athens Theodore Couloumbis in an interview with Anastasia Balezdrova.

The Russian giant Gazprom and Greek Motor Oil Hellas along with M & M GAS holding are the main competitors for the purchase of the public Greek natural gas company DEPA. The state still holds 65% of the company and it is considered one of the strongest cards of the privatization plan of the present government.

The photograph and name of George Mouras have been disclosed by the Greek police in order to encourage any citizens who have information about his acts to submit it to the authorities.

The protesters have agreed to be on Syntagma Square tomorrow too during the vote on the new austerity measures by the Greek parliament.

The mass withdrawal of bank specialists came after the legalization of the cut of salaries. Board members will not receive over 2,900 euro net a month.

Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria is highly respected by the Greek Orthodox community. "He was a kind and good man and a true spiritual leader," the spokesman of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church, Father Timotheos Antis, told GRReporter.