ART-ATHINA – the long-awaited event by all admirers of art, by the people who are interested in the new trends and all those who wish to have a new picture for their bedroom or living room, comes back for the 17th consecutive time in the covered TaeKwonDo playground in the Faliro neighbourhood in Athens between the 12th and the 15th of May.

Two parallel processions of the extreme nationalists of the Golden Dawn, who protested against crime in the city centre and against illegal immigrants, and of the anarchists against the yesterday's police brutality with significant police presence reminded the winter of 2008, reports Victoria Mindova.

Sharp reduction and simplification of taxes, supporting the construction business as the driver of the economy, immediate legalisation of illegal buildings and a resolute privatisation of state enterprises are some of the measures proposed by the New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras.