Investment, pension and hedge funds have offered more than 20 billion euro for the Greek government securities. The Public Debt Management Agency has failed to sell bonds for 3 billion euro instead of the 2.5 billion euro initially announced.
The Greek To Vima newspaper published photos from the video cameras of Nigrita prison, revealing horrific details of the incident in which Albanian recidivist Ilia Kareli, aged 42, was beaten to death by warders.
Although the government presents the decision to issue securities as a great achievement, it is heavily criticized by many commentators in and outside Greece.
According to human rights activists from Amnesty International the systemic discrimination against Roma is due not only to the passive role of the police but also to the tolerance towards them on the part of the Greek government.