After years of uncertainty whether they will be able to save their investments after the failure of the insurance company Aspis, the people insured at it announced that they will file lawsuits against the state for criminal negligence.

"The taxi driver profession is not opened. They said on the television in the morning that the draft has been signed, but if any one can open a clothing store, then not everyone can get a license for a taxi. I, personally, would not give my car to a company, because I paid so high a price for the license and will not let them pay me 800 euros a day. It will not happen," says a 37-year-old taxi driver, who is not well familiar with the recently adopted solution yet, which should become a presidential decree to take effect.

Once again, correct tax payers will take the burden of the crisis in Greece. The Minister of Finance Georgios Papakonstantinou acknowledged that ordinary citizens will pay when he is unable to deal with tax evaders.

One of the captured was a member of the guard of the former Prime Minister Costas Simitis. At the time of his capture he was the head of the police station in the Athens suburb of Elliniko.

Harvard Professor of Economic Development Ricardo Hausmann is sure that positive growth could be achieved in a period of reforms if the government opens the way to entrepreneurship.

16 days before the start of the Special Olympics Games Athens 2011, the Flame of Hope torch was lit on the ancient Pnika hill. It will go through the whole of Greece and reach Cyprus and Istanbul to return to Athens a day before the official opening on June 24.

It may seem at first glance that the cuisine of the Greek islands is not very different but if you visit them you will quickly understand the differences from one place to another. Each of them has its own microclimate, produces different products and has different cultural influences that have helped them develop specific dishes, cooking methods and use of products which may have some things in common, but have interesting differences too.