Employees in the tourism industry associate the developments in the economy with bookings. Economic instability in Greece does not allow them to make any forecasts about the state of tourism in 2012.

The two major Greek private banks will not merge before the end of the PSI procedure, the first bank announced. There are no grounds for delaying the negotiations, said the second one.

According to unofficial data, the Greek state is losing billions of euro in fuel smuggling. According to senior government officials, there is a system in the Ministry of Finance opposing any attempt to address fuel smuggling.

In the last two years, they gradually repaid the damages from the devaluation of the Greek bonds, some sold many of the bonds they were holding, others increased their capitalization dramatically.