To your first point - point taken. A better reference would have been the fact that the World Economic Outlook Database reported Greece had entered a recession

To your first point - point taken. A better reference would have been the fact that the World Economic Outlook Database reported Greece had entered a recession in 2009. I'm Bulgarian and none of the Bulgarian banks had any problems, but the Bulgarian economy has definitely suffered, for the same reasons as Greece. Both are relatively small European economies, so any dip in the European market has a pronounced effect (easiest to see in tourism). So, you're not proving anything by saying your banks had no problems.