After years of false reporting, new Greek stats chief promises clean financial data
New Greek statistics chief promises clean data Greek government names Greek IMF official as new head of discredited statistics agency
Greece taps IMF official to head statistics agency Frogs invade Greek highway, paralyse trafficATHENS - Traffic was paralysed along a highway in northern Greece for several hours Wednesday after thousands of frogs suddenly jumped onto the road, startling drivers. Recriminations over slipshod statistics mark Greek politics; credibility may be hard to regain
Greeks fret about faulty data ATHENS, Greece — Greece is greeting European outrage over its dubious economic data with repentance, defensiveness and fear that no one will believe them again — even if they do clean up the statistics and accounting agencies slammed by an EU report for faking growth and deficit figures. |