Antonis Samaras

Former finance ministers from the PASOK Socialist party, George Papaconstantinou, and Evangelos Venizelos – now the party’s head – will be investigated by Parliament to determine whether they were criminally negligent for failing to vet a list of 2,059...

A Greek journalist acquitted of violating privacy laws for publishing a list of 2,059 depositors with $1.95 billion in a Swiss bank being kept secret by the government, said the country’s political and rich are trying to muzzle the...

Even as a Greek judge acquitted a journalist of violation of privacy laws after he published a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank account, the Parliament is being asked to investigate why...

As the government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has put a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan before Parliament for a vote on Nov. 7, ship owners are fighting to keep their tax-free status and statistics show...

PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is struggling to keep his party from breaking apart after 17 of his Members of Parliament defied him and voted against a privatization plan demanded by international lenders. PASOK has 33 Members of Parliament, including...

Despite more than 2 ½ years of pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions – and a pending $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan demanded by international lenders in return for bailouts, Greece’s debt and deficit are...

As Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ hopes of pushing a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan remained stalled, the Greek Parliament has approved a privatization bill but balked at merging health care funds, including one for journalists, who...

It’s a good thing that Costas Vaxevanis, one of a handful of legitimate journalists left in Greece in a country where too many are in the bag to politicians and the rich, wasn’t standing in front of a hole...

As he faces trial on charges of violating privacy laws for publishing a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank who were never checked for possible tax evasion, investigative journalist Costas Vaxevanis has...

Continuing a crackdown on journalists attacking government policies, Greece has pulled a popular morning news show off the state-run network that is funded with mandatory contributions from taxpayers after the program’s presenters asked if a government minister would resign...