The international credit rating agency lowered the credit rating of the Balkan country by 4 points and placed it in the Ba1 category. According to Deutsche Bank Greece will reschedule its debt.

The government of George Papandreou is looking for a quick profit with the privatization program for the state railways. This is the opinion of the representatives of the Hellenic Federation of Railway Employees, who met with journalists to shed light on the problem of the national railways.