According to sources, it will be reopened very soon but the number of its employees will be reduced by 2,000.

The former minister's two cousins and their husbands will have to pay penalties and interest to the amount of 6 million euro. They refused once again to testify in the case in parliament.

The conflicting interests of Brussels and Moscow were to the detriment of Athens, which hoped that DEPA's sale would bring about a billion euro to the country by the end of the year.

The island is the second most popular tourist destination among the small Cycladic islands but its authenticity remains intact.

"This year's event was great. There were more people than we had ever gathered during the festival. We had gathered around 500 participants during the first Athens Pride which took place in 2005. The number is much greater now," Andrea Gilbert, one of the organizers of the festival, told GRReporter.

Ethan Hawke is to arrive in Athens to attend the premiere of his latest film “Before Midnight”.

He was CEO of the bank for 17 years. A Twitter user comments, "Nanopoulos was like the general secretaries in Communist countries – the whole system must fall in order for him to go away."