Antonis Samaras

To no surprise, a request by the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) to investigate the decisions that led to Greece seeking bailouts from international lenders was easily defeated in the Parliament controlled by the ruling coalition...

After winning approval from Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund for the release of $56.7 billion of rescue loans as part of a second bailout of $172 billion, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is turning his attention...

A new bailout deal for Greece approved by Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is being celebrated by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as a triumph, but German media accused its government of lying over the real...

A poll taken just before Eurozone finance ministers agreed on a deal to release $56.7 billion in new bailout loans to Greece over the next few months showed that the lingering recession and austerity have given the major opposition...

Even as Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the pending release of a $56.7 billion in a first series of installments in a second bailout of $172 billion has saved Greece, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras welcomed a debt deal agreed by lenders to unlock long-delayed aid, promising skeptical Greeks a new dawn after months of haggling under the threat of bankruptcy, although critics said all he has done is ensure...

It took a while but Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ uneasy coalition government got some relief when Eurozone finance ministers – on the third try – finally agreed to a complicated deal that would lead to the release of 43.7...

After 12 hours of talks – and a third meeting – Eurozone finance ministers finally reached an early morning deal on Nov. 27 to relieve Greece’s crushing debt and pave the way for the release of $57 billion in...

The Greek Supreme Court has sent to Parliament the case file relating to the so-called Lagarde list of some 2,059 Greek with $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland  branch of HSBC that still hasn’t been vetted for...

Eurozone finance ministers on Nov. 26 will consider for the third time in three weeks whether to sign off on a long-delayed $38.8 billion loan installment Greece needs to keep its debt-crushed economy from crashing, but could face yet...