According to animal rights advocates, today's World Animal Day is a day of mourning; stray animals are killed intentionally.

The feeling of insecurity in Europe is getting stronger, as reflected also by the Greeks who are losing confidence in the capabilities of today's government to tackle the growing crisis. The last three months of 2011 are crucial for the beginning of the recovery programme.

The extra property tax voted last week by the Greek Parliament provoked violent responses from Greek society. When the properties are many the poll tax is high, and some deputies could be announced "kings" of the property market in Greece.

UK tourists still spend the most during their summer vacations, and Russians are the most promising new market.

Greek television with its way of informing could do without journalists. People who are not journalists, who only pretend to be, can make news from the world agencies or a talk show. Anyway, it is a very common phenomenon in Greece to deal with things that we do not understand much, says the sociologist George Pleios in an interview with Anastasia Balezdrova.

Officially, according to the financial aid programme, the budget deficit at the end of 2011 should be 7.6% of GDP. It soon became clear that ideally it would drop to 8.5% of GDP from its current level of about 10%. The financial markets were quick to respond, but not in a positive way.

Greece is sinking into a deeper recession, people are breaking down under the burden of the extra taxes, but their deputies continue to enjoy higher wages, free phones, cars, airline tickets and even allowances for renting an office.