Prime Minister Samaras is making serious efforts to convince deputies from his party to vote for the new package of measures proposed by the Troika, so that the next tranche of 31.5 billion euro will be released

The police are making efforts to avoid a repeat of last year's violent protests. Today for the first time the public was not allowed to attend the solemn liturgy at St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki church on the feast of the city's patron.

According to Ethnos newspaper, about 40% of bank branches overlap mainly in the urban centres. This means that 4,500 to 5,000 people will be made redundant as early as next year.

GRReporter sought the opinion of one of the best Greek business journalists, Ilias Siakandaris, about the development of the events and his comments on current issues related to the crisis, the recovery programme and the future of Greece.

Without any doubt the extremes have managed to settle in Greece's political life. The rise of Golden Dawn is recent, but very closely related to the hegemony of the misunderstood left ideology, which lasted more than 30 years.

The need for survival of Greek air transport necessitates the merger of the two largest domestic companies, Vice President of Aegean Eftichis Vasilakis explained at a press conference.

"The Minister's doctor recommended that he stayed home for a few days until he recovered," sources from Stournaras's office told GRReporter. "If he had a different job, he would probably observe the recommendation."