A day ago, the "red" trade unionist Vangelis Boutas said that the protests would intensify. Instead, they have decided to hold a protest procession in Athens on 5 March.

The awards will be given within the context of a business forum during which 400 meetings will be held between entrepreneurs from Greece and abroad, who will be able to negotiate real deals.

One of the issues that have not been completely resolved so far is the languages in which the call centre operators respond. In Greece, they respond in Greek, English and French, and the plans of the civil defence service are to increase the number of languages used.

Tax cuts should be the ultimate goal of the programme for the economic recovery of the country as stated by the chairman of the Bank of Greece George Provopoulos.

According to the Global Dialogue Forum on Civil Aviation, it is unacceptable to use the criminalization of crashes or the investigation reports to seek personal guilt.