"I built the villa with my labour and now I live on rents," says former PASOK minister Yiannis Ragousis.

"They have turned Skorpios into a discotheque," she told people, who are close to her. She also believes that she could have sold the island at a higher price.

The political scene in Greece is red hot in connection with the sale of 30% of the national electricity company. Both the government and the opposition are ready to "fight", whereas consumers and thousands of tourists are in danger of possible blackouts in the midst of summer.

Americans and Germans are the most generous tourists, French and Italians the stingiest.

Experts from the Greek cyber crime unit inform of a malware that robs online banking users.

They are overdue payments to banks, insurance funds and the treasury which account for 87% of Greece's GDP.

Greece's team lost 3:5 on penalties to Costa Rica and failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Brazil, but recorded its best performance in a world championship to date.