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Thyssen: Greek authorities must "actively challenge the false impression that data were manipulated" (Photo: European Commission)

EU backs Greek ex-data chief over criminal charges

The Greek government must guarantee the independence of its statistics office, the European Commission has said, weeks after criminal charges were brought against a former data chief.

The EU executive said failing to protect the statistics office could be "dangerous" for the Greek bailout programme.

Andreas Georgiou, who headed the Greek Hellenic Statistical Authority (Elstat), was charged for falsifying data between 2010 and 2015.

On 1 August, Greece's Supreme Court said t...

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Thyssen: Greek authorities must "actively challenge the false impression that data were manipulated" (Photo: European Commission)

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