The economic prosecutor George Peponis has ordered a criminal investigation against Andreas Georgiou, who was the head of the Greek statistical service. He was charged with felony related to the macroeconomic data for 2009.

Such threats do not frighten us. If they force us to return to work the public transport in Athens will die, respond the trade unions.

The actor, portraying Abraham Lincoln in the film attended the premiere in Athens at the invitation of the Greek prevention centre for children with cerebral palsy.

The black fuel market in Greece costs the treasury hundreds of millions of euro annually. The lack of control over the movement of fuel has allowed illegal warehouses, ghost tanks and petrol of unknown origin to take over the country.