Gov't on defensive after losses

On the defensive after seeing the coalition's majority reduced again this week, government officials on Wednesday branded an attempted attack on the office of a coalition MP as part of a scheme to destabilize the administration but were silenced when the anarchist group Rouvikonas took responsibility for the incident. 

Following an attempt by unidentified individuals to break into the office of Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Costas Katsikis on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue on Wednesday, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos spoke of an "organized plan of intimidation and thug-like attacks against MPs and members of the government."

He also accused main opposition New Democracy of basically supporting these attacks and unspecified "business interests" of encouraging them.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis struck a similar tone, referring to "small groups that...