The police have revealed a firm selling the data to banks, firms and pawnshops. The authorities state that the data are similar to those that had "leaked" from three ministries.

Andreas Apostolidis, 64, and Costas Georgiou, 74, were arrested in an attempt to smuggle 24 million cigarettes imported illegally in the country.

Representatives of the union of workers in the Athens underground broke into the building of the Sepolia depot and blocked the centre controlling the underground transport. Transport services in the city have been hampered, and buses and the regional train are running to the airport.

The schools in seven Athenian suburbs have been closed due to the snowstorm and the municipality in the capital has opened three buildings to shelter the homeless in the freezing January night.

The collapse in demand in northern Greece remains impressive although it is lower than in the southern part of the country as shown by the data, which George Asmatoglou, the chairman of the Athens union of oil dealers and petrol stations owners, presented to GRReporter.

The deputies Odysseas Voudouris and Paris Moutsinas were disaffiliated with the party having decided to support the decision of the opposition SYRIZA to seek to indict Evangelos Venizelos in connection with the "Lagarde List" as well.

The college company of the former finance minister and current prime suspect of fraud was known as "the circle of cynics" in his college years.