Crash court unlocks stationmaster's phone
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A court lifted the secrecy order on a stationmaster's mobile phone records, searching for clues in the Tempi train crash trial. On Mykonos, the head of the local planning authority was suspended pending a felony investigation. Authorities noticed that site inspections were missing and fines were going unpaid.
A private clinic in Thessaloniki was ordered to close after authorities discovered it was administering chemotherapy without a licence. In Piraeus, the courts and prosecutor's office were placed on alert following a telephone bomb threat.
The governing New Democracy party sits at 26.9% in the latest polls, with the opposition Pasok gaining ground to move into second place. Hedge funds are reportedly increasing their bets on Athens, though a new study by the Centre for Liberal Studies notes the economy still produces 10% less than it did in 2009.