Kathimerini reports:

The state-run National Book Center of Greece (EKEBI) has run up debts of 3 million euros, Deputy Culture Minister Petros Tatoulis said yesterday. Partly to blame for the bill is Greece’s participation in the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair at a cost of 10 million euros — of which EKEBI still owes 600,000 euros, Tatoulis said. The minister was speaking at a press conference EKEBI had called to present a review of the recent Thessaloniki Book Fair.