Legal regulations on the granting of leaves for education to prisoners are currently being prepared on the initiative of Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos.

The programme of his visit to Greece has not yet been specified and the talks are underway. However, his visit to Thrace will be private, even if it has been approved.

The protest in support of Nikos Romanos, who faces terrorism charges, ended with cars and a bus set on fire in the centre of Athens.

Nikos Romanos is Alexis Grigoropoulos' close friend and witnessed his death 6 years ago. He was arrested and sentenced for the armed robbery of the branch of the National Bank of Greece in Velventos. 23 days ago, he began a hunger strike because his request to use a leave from prison to attend lectures at the university was rejected.

Sociological portrait of young people in Bulgaria and Greece

Alois Brunner has remained in history, at least for Greeks, as "the butcher of Thessaloniki" because as an SS officer he had sent around 40,000-45,000 Greek Jews from Thessaloniki and northern Greece to the concentration camps.

That particular statement of famous Greek composer Stamatis Kraounakis has provoked violent reactions in Greece.