A prosecutor said on Monday (31 July) that the former head of Greece’s statistical office was found guilty as he did not consult fellow board members about the much-discussed revised 2009 deficit figures. The prosecutor also said he was an employee of the IMF at the same time.

I have great respect for the reforms that the Greeks have been asked to carry out over the last years and I am aware that not only political decisions were taken but they were also approved by the Parliament, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank Walter Steinmeier said in statements to the press on the sidelines of the Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos' visit to Berlin.

The notorious bureaucracy that everyone exorcises but still exists, has expelled Mamma Mia from Greece.