The money is intended for the resumption of the construction of highways, for the construction of local infrastructure and the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises. For the first time the Bank is taking measures to tackle unemployment.

The project is in its feasibility stage.

According to the indictment, he had "laundered" money he had received as a "gift" from the German company Siemens for the signing of agreement 8002 for the digitization of the centres of the Greek telecommunications company OTE in 1997.

153 deputies from the ruling coalition involving New Democracy and PASOK rejected the no-confidence motion against the government of Antonis Samaras: 124 deputies voted "for" and 17 abstained.