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.

Two policemen were killed and two others were seriously injured after being attacked by three gunmen during a police chase. Four policemen from DIAS were chasing a jeep when suddenly its passengers opened fire on them.

The Vice-President of the Greek government Theodoros Pangalos became the subject of violent attacks by Greek and French students, and intellectuals in Paris. A group of young people launched verbal attacks to him and expressed their support to the immigrants on hunger strike.

Businessmen insist on dead capital of state assets intensifying. "The Memorandum of financial support is much less exacting to the people than they should be to themselves," said the President of the Union of Greek Industrialists Dimitris Daskalopoulos.