Greece
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More Lagarde list proof sought
Supreme Court asks for ‘Lagarde’ memory stick to be checked for tampering
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Minister warns against relaxing reform drive
Stournaras rules out extending subsidy for heating oil to more families.
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Coalition faces upheaval amid list probe
Uncertain vote looms after gov’t loses 2 MPs who wanted Venizelos put on spot.
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Police drug racket suspects allege frame-up
Two police officers implicated in a massive drug-dealing racket busted by authorities recently have suggested they were set up.
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Greek economy yet to be transformed
Two-and-a-half years into the streamlining program, Greece still relies on consumption, not on investment.
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Ex-minister’s relatives to be quizzed
Three to face prosecutors this week and offer explanations about Swiss bank accounts.
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Banks to issue 2012 results a month earlier
reece’s four main (National, Alpha, Eurobank and Piraeus) will publish their 2012 financial reports by the end of February and not end-March, as provided by law.
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Report says farm co-ops squandered state money
A report probing the country’s three main agricultural cooperatives points toward the mismanagement of millions of euros of state money.
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Police sweep illegal cigarette trade
A massive police crackdown on bootleg cigarette vendors led to 26 undocumented immigrants being detained and large quantities of illicit goods being confiscated.
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Civil servant transfers to start next month
Some 2,500 civil servants who have been put on a so-called labor reserve scheme on reduced pay are to be transferred to understaffed parts of the public sector.