The fire, in which Greece burns may spread to the Balkans and in Europe, markets are not as patient as politicians, believe the participants in the 14th Round Table of the Economist and the Greek Government.
With the reduction in the number of municipalities in Greece from 1034 to 343, it is expected that around €1.8 billion annually will be saved for the state treasury.
The meeting between AEK and PAOK was more a trial and annealing of the nerves to viewers than a match between two football teams. Despite the remission, however, the team of PAOK won the point it needed to rank for the playoffs with 4 points
Spread-index of the 10-year Greek government bonds surpassed the critical 1025 basis points. In other words, if today Greece had to be credited from international financial markets the interest rate would have been around 13 percent - a percentage known to go with credit cards and not with crediting countries.