On Tuesday 1 August, the Court of Appeal of Athens handed down a two-year suspended prison sentence to Andreas Georgiou, the former director of the Greek statistical institute (ELSTAT) for failing to fulfil his duty.
The former statistician and former economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was found guilty of failing to fulfil his duty as he did not notify the board of administration of ELSTAT of his decision to submit to the European statistical office (Eurostat) Greek budgetary...