The police are making efforts to avoid a repeat of last year's violent protests. Today for the first time the public was not allowed to attend the solemn liturgy at St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki church on the feast of the city's patron.

According to Ethnos newspaper, about 40% of bank branches overlap mainly in the urban centres. This means that 4,500 to 5,000 people will be made redundant as early as next year.

GRReporter sought the opinion of one of the best Greek business journalists, Ilias Siakandaris, about the development of the events and his comments on current issues related to the crisis, the recovery programme and the future of Greece.

Without any doubt the extremes have managed to settle in Greece's political life. The rise of Golden Dawn is recent, but very closely related to the hegemony of the misunderstood left ideology, which lasted more than 30 years.