An alleged $95,000 payoff to a Thessaloniki tax official from a US tobacco products company is being looked into by the local prosecutor.

Health minister Adonis Georgiadis expressed his gratitude to the country's creditors in a recent interview to the BBC.

An inquest into a letter posted on the internet, by a group of special forces reservists, demanding the government's resignation has caused the Areios Pagos, the country's supreme court, to launch a prosecution inquest after a late night meeting yesterday.