Former chief statistician awarded for pursuing 'integrity' in Greek data

Greece's former statistics chief Andreas Georgiou was awarded a special commendation for "upholding of the highest professional standards" in producing the country's statistics and "in the pursuit of integrity of statistical systems," the International Statistical Institute (ISI) said in a press release.

The awarding ceremony was held during a special meeting on "National Statistical Offices' Professional Independence: Threats and Responses" ahead of the International Association for Official Statistics' Conference in Paris this week.

"During his presidency at ELSTAT, Andreas Georgiou committed himself to ensuring that the production of all official statistics in Greece should be undertaken in strict conformity with international and European statistical principles and standards," the ISI said in its press release.

"In doing so, he faced extraordinary obstacles...