The two major Greek private banks will not merge before the end of the PSI procedure, the first bank announced. There are no grounds for delaying the negotiations, said the second one.

According to unofficial data, the Greek state is losing billions of euro in fuel smuggling. According to senior government officials, there is a system in the Ministry of Finance opposing any attempt to address fuel smuggling.

In the last two years, they gradually repaid the damages from the devaluation of the Greek bonds, some sold many of the bonds they were holding, others increased their capitalization dramatically.

The country is ready after all to privatize some enterprises and also to create some off-shore areas in order to attract investments. None of the three party leaders, however, who stand behind the government of Lucas Papademos, is optimistic that this will do the "trick" before the supervisory Troika.

In the country there is no consensus upon the terms for the new rescue package of 130 billion euro, the government is discussing the possibilities for unilateral change (unilateral action) of the bonds maturing on 20th March and is preparing for a partial bankruptcy

It is not always that someone's cry for help deserves to be heard, we apply a filter "this one yes, that one no"

A sharp reduction in the private sector wages to the levels of Spain and Portugal, the dismissal of 150,000 employees in the public sector and shrinking of the pensions and social security was what the supervisory Troika requested before negotiating for the new rescue package of 130 billion euro