This year’s International Competition for black and white photography SPIDER AWARDS gave its "Photographer of the Year" award to Nicolas Lotsos.

As well as the long recession and the international isolation of Greece.

The first case of West Nile Virus for this year was registered in Athens. A 67-year-old woman from the neighbourhood of Paleo Faliro developed meningitis after a mosquito bite.

Although this year's "Epidaurus" festival is dedicated to Aristophanes, the official opening will take place with the work of Sophocles, namely "Oedipus Rex" directed by Cezaris Grauzinis from Lithuania and an all-male composition of the troupe.

The Greek government is developing a plan for radical changes in the tax legislation, which however, must be approved by the supervisory Troika.

One of the greatest "inventions" of the universe, in which we live, is chance. Its other name is luck. We always think of luck in life as something that is not subject to any laws. We believe this it is a strange and illogical turn of events, people and events through which luck comes to us.

What was not heard in the Prime Minister’s speech, which outlined the main priorities of the government, was the promise of reducing VAT on tourism, which had been widely circulated during the election campaigns. Not a word was said about Greece's commitments to reduce the number of civil servants by 150 thousand by 2015.