The journalist stated that the political system has started the persecution against him. At the same time, it has become clear that within two years, his production company has earned more than 2 million euro from the public television channel for his TV show.

The inspection of the state of the Greek economy, which began on 9 September this year, was initially expected to last no more than 10 days. The severity of the fiscal measures the government had to coordinate and the internal political bickering in the government of the country turned the talks with lenders into a media drama.

Traffic police report a decrease in crashes in Greece. Experts say it is likely to achieve the goal of reducing the number of deaths to not more than 1,000 in 2012. They, however, warn that when the economic situation improves this drop will disappear.

"This year, nobody wants to buy heating oil. No one has the money to pay for it at these prices," Mrs. Marigo, aged 82, from Patissia neighbourhood in the capital, told GRReporter. She lives in a four-storey residential block with a total of 26 flats.