Samaras
Crime
Venizelos Says No Bailout, No Elections
Greek Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister/PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos said during his visit to New York to represent the country at the UN General Assembly that despite what Greece's lenders and many analysts say, there is no need for...
Economy
Troika Doubts Primary Surplus Claim
Throwing cold water on Greece's expectations of having a primary surplus by the end of the year - not including interest, some military expenditures, social security, municipal budgets and the cost of running state enterprises, which otherwise would show...
Economy
Greek Strikes Roll Into Second Week
Testing the patience of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras who said they wouldn't be allowed to strike for even a single day, Greek high school teachers are continued their series of rolling strikes into a second week on Sept. 23,...
Crime
Greece To Have Cut-Rate EU Presidency
While the murder of an anti-fascist hip-hop artist spread social unrest already brewing over austerity measures led to concern that Greece couldn't handle the upcoming symbolic six-month rotating European Union Presidency on Jan. 1, the government has decided to...
Economy
Spiegel Says Greek Politicians Need Pressure
The German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel has written that Greek political leaders would be incapable of pushing through reforms if not for pressure from its international lenders who have insisted on harsh austerity in return for $325 billion...
Greek News
Venizelos to Visit Egypt in September
Greece's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister/PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is planning to visit the strife-torn Egypt in September on the invitation of Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy.
Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said the counterparts will “discuss...
Economy
EU Funds For Young Greek Jobless
It is estimated that Greece will receive the amount of €160-180 million for the two-year-period 2014-2015 in order to support employment among young people under 29 from the total of €6 billion that the European Council in Brussels, Belgium...
Economy
Samaras’ New Cabinet a Lot Like “Deja Vu”
In an extended article, the Guardian commented on Greek Prime Minister Samaras’ first day in office with his newly installed team, having to deal among others, with a 48-hour strike of tax employees and Piraeus port’s privatization discussions, while...
Europe
European Media on New Greek Government
The European media are bombarded with news of the new government in Greece, highlighting the enhanced presence of PASOK.
"The main protagonists of the new government are the old ones, the same applies to the problems," German Die Welt notes....
Europe
Merkel Says ERT Closing Samaras’ Call
An aide for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there hadn't been any recent contact with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras but that she said the closing of Greece's national broadcaster ERT was his doing and she had no input.
Merkel,...