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Greek police are investigating a death threat against a senior finance ministry official who was sent a bullet in the mail, just weeks after a similar threat was made against the country's finance minister.

An envelope, containing a small caliber bullet, was sent to ministry General Secretary George Mergos, but was intercepted in the mailroom and never reached his office.

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Mergos’ provocative statement caused an outrage forcing the Labour and Finance ministries to react. Labour Minister assured, “the minimum wage will remain at these levels until the austerity program is over”, while the Finance Ministry issued a statement saying that “Mergos just quoted Eurostat data.” After the government’s reaction, Giorgos Mergos saw himself obliged to make a statement saying that he expressed his personal opinions. Furthermor,e he claimed, that “an excerpt of his speech was isolated,