Politics
Economy
Vaxevanis Says Greece Hiding Tax Evasion
A Greek journalist who was arrested for exposing the names of 2,059 people with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank said the government moved swiftly to silence him because it is trying to cover up for rampant...
Australia
Theodoros Karaoglou To Visit Melbourne
Theodoros Karaoglou, Macedonian Minister of Macedonia and Thrace, is going to visit Melbourne to attend celebrations and events in support of Macedonian issues.
The Minister will attend the Macedonian Glendi on Nov. 18, which brings together a 30,000 strong crowd...
Economy
Anonymous Hacks Greek Finance Ministry, Classified Documents Leaked
A cyber-attack on the servers of Greek Finance Ministry has leaked classified documents and information online, just a few days before the Greek Parliament is scheduled to vote on a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan.
The attack,...
Economy
Greece Riskier for Investors than War-Torn Syria: Survey
The world's markets may believe that the worst of the financial crisis in Europe is over after three turbulent years, but those people who control the purse strings of the world's businesses are not breathing any easier.
An annual survey...
Economy
Troika Wants Greek Debt Restructuring
Greece would be allowed to impose losses on its public investors the same way it did to private investors in a desperate bid to write down debt, officials from the Troika of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank...
Economy
Stournaras Says EU/IMF Lenders Refuse to Concede on Reforms
Greece's foreign lenders have refused to make any further concessions on changes to labour laws contested by a junior coalition partner, the country's finance minister said on Sunday, prolonging an impasse on a crucial austerity package.
Athens has been locked...
Economy
Samaras in Crisis Talks Over Budget
In an effort to convince his reluctant coalition partners to support a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan that is antithetical to their campaign promises to resist more austerity measures, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has been holding...
Greece
Journalist Who Leaked "Lagarde List" Arrested
Greek Police arrested the journalist who published the list with the names of 2,059 people who made $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland HSBC bank branch. The arrest took place at a house of a friend of the Greek journalist in...
Economy
Spiegel: Troika Seeks 150 New Greek Reforms
International auditors will demand that Greece carry out a further 150 reforms to its recession-battered economy, as it teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, German newsweekly Spiegel reported Sunday.
Citing an interim version of the findings of the troika of...
Greece
Prosecutor Orders Arrest of Greek Journalist who Leaked Swiss Accounts List
Greek police are seeking to locate and arrest Costas Vaxevanis, the Greek journalist who published the list with the names of 1,991 people who made $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland HSBC bank branch.
Greek police said that the...
Economy
German Finance Minister Rules out Greek Debt "Haircut"
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ruled out public investors accepting a debt restructuring, or "haircut", on their Greek debt holding but said a debt repurchasing program could be considered.
"(A haircut) is a discussion that has little to do with...
Economy
Lagarde List Leaked: Greek Politicians, Big Names
A closely-kept secret by the Greek government – the names of 1,991 people who made $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland HSBC bank branch – has been released by a Greek investigative journalist and immediately went viral...
Economy
Schaeuble: It’s Not Sure that Greece Will Stay in the Euro
It’s not yet sure that Greece will stay in the Euro. The statement was made by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU) in an interview on the ZDF Public Service TV show "The battle for the Euro" that will...
Economy
Tsipras Says More Austerity “Final Blow” for Greece
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is trying to persuade his reluctant coalition partners to go along with a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras...
Economy
SYRIZA MP Gives Salary to Children's Cancer Group
While Members of Parliament in Greece are being assailed by critics as being greedy and largely exempting themselves from austerity measures they have voted on workers, pensioners and the poor, a lawmaker from the major opposition Coalition of the...