Antonis Samaras

Envoys from Greece's international lenders discussed with Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras on June 18 what they said were disturbing deficits in the funds of the health care provider EOPPY's insurance system, a shortfall of some 1 billion euros ($1.34...

Still reeling from a decision by Greece's high court suspending his decision to take the national broadcaster ERT off the air, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was scheduled to talk with officials from the country's international lenders late on...

The Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras, will be in Berlin on July 3 to participate in the EU Forum on combating youth unemployment. During his stay, he will hold meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders. German Federal...

After Greece's highest court effectively overturned his snap decision to shut down the country's national broadcaster ERT, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faces more crisis talks with his coalition partners who said they saw the ruling as a vindication for...

Greece's highest court, the Council of State, dealt Prime Minister Antonis Samaras a blow when it ruled late on June 17 to overturn his decision to shut down the national  broadcaster ERT last week. The decision means ERT can resume...

Alexis Tsipras, leader of the SYRIZA parliamentary group and Leader of the Opposition since June 2012, delivered a public speech at an open political gathering in Syntagma square at the same time the tripartite government  leaders were holding a...

While defiant former workers of the now defunct national state TV and radio operation ERT were continuing to broadcast via satellite, the symbol of the New Hellenic Radio Internet and Television (NERIT), the name of the organization which will...

Just when it seemed that Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had quelled social unrest and said he was putting the country on the road to recover, his snap decision to shut down the national broadcaster ERT without warning has...

Scorned by his coalition partners who rejected his offer to let the national broadcaster ERT – shut down on June 11 – almost immediately return to the air with a skeleton staff until it can be reorganized, Greek Prime...

Using fiery rhetoric to draw an analogy to the military rule of the 1967-74 junta, major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras blamed Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras for being behind the decision to shut...