The main protesters were public health workers. They gathered in front of the relevant ministry to express their dissatisfaction with the budget cuts, the lack of staff and the serious shortage of medicines.

A flaw in the design of the plane had caused a failure in the pressurising system of the fatal plane of the Cypriot company Helios Airways, which crashed near Athens on 14 August 2005.

The government is planning to impose a new tax on property, which will replace the previously existing series of property taxes. According to the government plans, it should bring into the treasury a total of five billion euro by 2014.

The testimony of four witnesses helped the authorities to get to the two suspects. The witnesses made nearly identical descriptions of the attackers who had smashed the window of the bank on Stadiou Street, threw Molotov bombs inside and killed three people.

A series of demands that are hard to be met portends long protests this winter. Farmers urge the government to grant them naphtha exempt from excise duty, ensure the purchase prices of their produce and increase the government funding of the sector.

The police used tear gas to disperse the members of the PAME union. Their comrades have occupied the floor where the office of Minister Yiannis Vroutsis is located.

The action was a sign of protest against the cuts in farm subsidies and the increase in the excise duty on fuel for agricultural purposes.