The chairman of the labour centre in Halkidiki, Angelos Pratsas, announces that four of the seven members of the trade union of Porto Carras’ employees were among those dismissed.

Freelancers, owners of rented property, small and medium-sized enterprises and large companies that do not pay dividends will pay the most.

In 2013, the stars talk about problems in business and finance, fear and tension, but also about a lot of creativity and activity

On the last day of 2012, volunteers from the "Solidarity" club in the metropolitan district of Neos Kosmos gave the needy in the area the last cooked meals for the year. GRReporter was there to meet them.

The name of the former Finance Minister George Papakonstantinou is at the centre of the scandal. A preliminary investigation against him by a special parliamentary committee is currently being prepared to determine whether he had deliberately removed the names of four relatives from a list of bank accounts of Greeks abroad. r

Immediately after the holidays, teams of the Troika will inspect the progress of main topics such as the budget, recapitalisation of banks, privatisation, reduction of the number of public workers, taxation and insurance.

During the crisis, the Greeks use humour as a cure for good mental health against the stress of everyday life.