Government and opposition lock swords over BoG Governor

Both the government and New Democracy blame each other through announcements. On the one hand Maximos Mansion talks about unacceptable interference from New Democracy towards justice and the work of the Bank of Greece. especially emphasizing that ND harms the central banker as well as his role in acting as an advocate, and prompter in his work.

The main opposition accused the government of unacceptable leaks and exercising extra-institutional pressure against the Governor of the Bank of Greece and asks of prosecutors to show the same zeal they have shown in the case of the wife of Mr Stournaras for the allegations by defense minister Kammenos against TV tender winner Kalogritsas.

The decision of the Bank of Greece to reject the administration of Attica Bank, which was suggested by the Engineer's fund TSMEDE with the "blessings" of the government, displeased government officials, who launched a fierce attack against Yannis Stournaras.

On Thursday morning, the financial crimes police raided the company of Yannis Stournaras' wife, Lina Nikolopoulou, who has a communication company specializing in health issues.

The raid was ordered by the corruption prosecutor Eleni Raikou. Reportedly, Ms Nikolopoulou asked for the names of the Financial Police officers that entered the office, but they refused to give themand took documents and computer files relating to the second preliminary examination being conducted on a case of suspect adverstising outlays by the Greek center for disease control KEELPNO.

The Governor of the Bank of Greece Yannis Stournaras may have a meeting over the weekend with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

The PM is at the Summit of EU leaders in Bratislava and reportedly, the face to face rendezvous will take place over the weekend, but the date and time vave not yet been finalized .