Selection: Michalis Katsigeras

SOCIAL LIFE: The last few days of July and the entire month of August are when high society moves to the islands, so, this time of year, the social scene in Athens is pretty quiet. The isles of Myconos, Hydra, Spetses and Poros are where it is all happening. Yachting and island holidays put a stop to the parties in town. Only those who spend their holidays in the cooler outer suburbs of Athens are still around to attend the few, mainly diplomatic, parties and small dinners at the better estates in Kifissia, Ekali and Glyfada. MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Despite the military mobilizations by the major powers and threats from both sides, people around the world are beginning to feel that the crisis in the Middle East will be able to be resolved politically. None of the rival parties appears willing to pass the point of no return. American President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in a statement to the United States forces in the Lebanon, said: “We came to Lebanon as friends, in order to help the people of Lebanon remain free. We will stay there until that small nation is able to consolidate its territorial integrity and independence.”