Health care

Pharmacies in Athens will be closed on Wednesday in protest at the government?s plans to allow non-prescription drugs to be sold in other stores.

The measure was included in the proposals sent by the current coalition to is lenders last week. The previous government had also been poised to adopt the reform but met with resistance from pharmacists.

Four officials and five owners and employees of pharmacies accused of stealing 56 million leks (400,000 euro) have been arrested in recent days as the Albanian government faces its biggest corruption scandal since it came to power 18 months ago.

Two similar cases involving suspected fraud of several million euros are also currently under investigation.

Artist in residence Hugh Turvey, at the British Institute of Radiology, created digitally altered X-Ray imagery of humans in every-day poses. Through said X-Ray techniques, colorization, and shadow photography, he was able to depict the “weird” habits we, as humans have.

By Debbie D E Papadakis

The latest pics of Brazilian beauty Alessandra Ambrosio where she sports a richer cleavage than before are making the rounds on the Internet. The 34 year-old is now a tabloid fav’ since she seems to have enlarged her breasts with plastic surgery in order to extend her Victoria’s Secret contract.

Primary care physicians across the country began a three-day strike May 20 against working on weekends, which the Health Ministry had made obligatory earlier this year. 

Bulgaria's health care system has the potential to considerably boost its performance while cutting out-of-pocket spending, the World Bank has said.

Folk legend Joni Mitchell is conscious and expected to make a full recovery, her official website said April 28, denying a report that she was in a coma.

Hospital workers and pharmacists on Friday joined the growing list of those concerned about the legislative decree forcing public bodies to deposit their cash reserves at the Bank of Greece so the central government can use them to pay debt obligations.

By Nikos Vatopoulos

These days, it?s easy to forget the role that the northeastern Aegean island of Lemnos played in the First World War. However, with the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign coming up on April 25, that looks set to change.