By REUTERS
ATHENS - A small makeshift bomb exploded outside a branch of Greece's second largest lender, Eurobank , in central Athens early on Saturday, causing no injuries or serious damage, a police official said.The device consisted of two gas canisters but only one of them blew up, blackening the shutters of the branch, the official said.There have been several low-level attacks on businesses and politicians in Greece since the cash-strapped nation adopted tough austerity measures under the terms of two successive bailouts by the EU and the IMF.The attack is the third in the last two weeks. A small bomb exploded outside a branch of the reform ministry on Monday, and a similar device caused minor damage outside the office of former socialist Prime Minister Costas Simitis earlier this month.Greece is officially in a pre-election period after calling early elections for May 6. But most polls show that the election will fail to provide a clear result and that the two biggest parties, the conservative New Democracy and the Socialist PASOK, may face difficulties in renewing their coalition government.
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