The crisis has cut family incomes by up to 40%, yet despite cutting budgets in other sectors, Greek families have only marginally curtailed the huge amounts spent on parallel education.

A research by the Natural Gas Supply Company shows that until now, fewer Athenians living in apartment buildings have bought heating gas this winter, compared to the previous one. About half of them (44%) have not yet filled their fuel tanks with heating oil. Last year the figure was at 33%.