Bank of Greece Chief Wants Minister Probed Over Secret Recording
(WorldNews Greece)

ATHENS – Bank of Greece Gov. Yannis Stournaras wants prosecutors to investigate a phone conversation he said was secretly recorded and leaked by Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis who was upset he was being probed over a 100,000-euro ($113,490) loan. The provocative Polakis, who said flu deaths in Greece weren´t a disaster, that the ruling Radical Left SYRIZA should start jailing political rivals, and who openly defies No Smoking laws in the ministry and nightclubs, was outraged details of the loan were revealed, showing it was tied to a second mortgage of 300,000 euros ($340,484) for a Cretan house. Stournaras – one of 10 political and official...