Government bond spread yield rose above 900 basis points, and the government drew blank in the search for social cooperation for medium-term economic recovery.

Profits of criminal networks for distribution of drugs are so great that often exceed the financial resources allocated by the state to fight drugs. In some cases, these organizations have built drug empires and have political power and authority, which facilitates corruption to spread and to enmesh the departments formed to control and fight illegal drug distribution.

The separated Mediterranean island is affected by the global economic crisis, said the President of the Greek Bank Makis Kervanos.

GDP dropped by 4.5%, for the first time there is growth of industrial orders and in revenues from transport services.

The eminent Bulgarian translator Zdravka Mihaylova was awarded for her translation of selected poems by Yannis Ritsos titled Writings of the Sighted

On the 36th day of the hunger strike 59 of the immigrants housed in the Ipatia are in Athens hospitals and others have been on thirst strike for several days already. Similar is the situation of the immigrants in Thessaloniki 11 of which were hospitalized.

Muslim population in Athens is growing and the need to establish a formal place for prayer is essential, and building a mosque can only have positive consequences. That was the statement of three out of the six people invited to the debate organized by the British Council in Athens under the project IQ2 Debate which was attended by prominent journalists and professors from Greece and Great Britain.