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January 4th

The Papakonstantinou family is the prime suspect of four felonies

04 January 2013 / 20:01:06  
All charges are related to the attempts at removing their names from the now infamous "Lagarde List," which includes thousands of names of wealthy Greeks with accounts in the Swiss branch of HSBC.


The number of ghost pensioners increases

04 January 2013 / 16:01:57  
45 thousand ghost pensioners have been revealed following the census of pensioners, who receive money from the pension fund of freelance employees. The closing date of the census was 31 December last year but due to the several days off around Christmas and the New Year holidays, the relevant ministry has extended the census to the end of this week. The total number of people registered with this fund is 350 thousand. The extension of the deadline for registration has given no results and the number of those, who have not appeared is more than shocking.


Mitsotakis' operation to be performed earlier

04 January 2013 / 14:01:34  
The former Prime Minister of Greece and one of the most influential politicians of the country's recent past, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, is in hospital after a fracture of the hip joint.


January 3rd

Alcohol is the most serious cause of breast cancer

03 January 2013 / 20:01:20  
The disease is curable if detected in time. The threat of the disease increases with age. Statistics show that one out of every 25 women aged between 40 and 59 years is threatened by breast cancer.


27 drug dealers including three policemen were arrested in a massive operation

03 January 2013 / 14:01:14  
Three Greek policemen and two Albanian citizens are considered to be the leaders of the organization. The police state that prosecutors have overwhelming evidence collected during the investigation to convict the guilty.


The "Lagarde List" scandal is blowing up

02 January 2013 / 22:01:43  
Eleni Papakonstantinou, who is a cousin of the former Finance Minister George Papakosnatinou, left the Board of the Privatisation Agency, after her name appeared at the bottom of another political corruption scandal in Greece.


January 2nd

Television companies and football clubs oppose the maintenance of a police pension fund

02 January 2013 / 19:01:09  

The financial police in Greece are carrying out a preliminary investigation against the auxiliary pension fund of law enforcement officers after a complaint by the union of police officers in the region of Attica. The economic prosecutor Grigoris Peponis will investigate the fund as well as television companies and football clubs.