The Mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris will rely on tourism, education and health development to restore the old glory of the city as an international centre. "When the mayor agrees with the foreign policy, then through his actions and in consistence with the government, he strengthens it and spreads it in the country, and if he has a different opinion, as Wittgenstein said, maybe the best choice for the things for which we can not talk is to keep quiet.

Athens Green 360 and Post bank Green Institute introduced pilot special containers for disposing of unnecessary medicines. Learn about the dangers of throwing the old Aspirin in an ordinary bin.

The Ministry of Education announced that a cycle of five programs for "lifelong learning", which can include 400 000 people, would be launched in the autumn. There is a particular emphasis on young people who would be given a voucher to attend public and private schools, but there are also programs for additional training of already completed graduates, wishing to update their knowledge.

GRReporter talked with Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development Yiannis Koutsoukos who represented Greece at the extraordinary meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Luxembourg this week. The E.coli, control, Russian embargo and the compensations were among the topics of the talks.

The fifth proposal in a raw for the use of the old Greek airport that was closed years ago was presented by the Spanish architect Jose Asembiyo yesterday. The project of the Spanish architect is to create a park surrounded by residential buildings, a media park, university buildings, government offices and a business centre. The proposal is not binding and will be considered together with the other proposal announced the manager of Ellinika S.A. the Professor of Urban Planning at Harvard University Spiros Polalis, who added that the tender will be announced by the end of the year.

The only obstacle is banks' reticence to take part in the new package. The rating agencies stated that if political pressure is exerted on the financial institutions that, in practice, would mean that Greece failed.