After the start of the crisis, a larger number of unemployed persons want to become members in order to earn their living by selling items found in the waste.

Former Minister of Interior and Transport Yiannis Rangousis left the party and accused Evangelos Venizelos of the concealment of a list of 1,991 Greeks who have exported large amounts to Swiss banks.

The loss of insurance companies in Greece was 900 million euro last year compared with 2010, according to the Association of Insurance Companies. This is the worst result for the sector since 1990.

City council and municipal workers protested again in the region of Attica but this time, they were riding motorcycles around the city centre and the separate municipalities. Central roads were closed at 12 pm in order for the motorized procession of strikers to move along them.