Due to the economic crisis consumers prefer to go to the beach in their old bathing suits - the fall in bathing suit sales this year is 20% and consumers prefer to buy cheaper products. The forecasts are that even though fashion dictates the new trends, thanks to the economic crisis the market will not undergo any development.

It’s been almost two years since the fires on Peloponnese and Euboea and now the citizens of those regions had to face the fire hell again. Due to the heat and the strong winds the following regions will be in danger: Attica region, Euboea island, Beotia region, Korinthos, Argolida, Lakonia – which are in Peloponnese, and the Cycladic islands Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Ikaria and Crete.

Swine flu is spreading quickly. The infected people in Greece exceeded 520. Cruise ship with 4500 passangers on board is traveling from Turkey to Pieria with three infected people on board.

Following recent outrage surrounding the building, which is thought to be an immigrant shelter at Sokratous street in Athens, all illegal residents have been evicted, and teams from the Hygiene Service have been engaged to sweep and delouse the entire building.

The new champion in the Cadre 47/2 category is Frederic Caudron from Belgium. The silver medal was won by Xavier Gretillat from Switzerland and third place was for Patrick Niessen from Belgium and Marek Faus from the Czech Republic.

35 year old man was treated in intensive care of the University Hospital in Iraklio, Crete with a bronchopneumonia after being infected with the H1N1 virus.

It dates back to the middle of the Bronze Era around 2000-1500 years B.C. and its citizens were actively focused on farming, cultivating grains and bronze and they had advanced ceramics.