Antonis Samaras

Greece's official creditors failed to make any visible headway Monday in averting the country's looming debt crunch, drawing a diplomatic veil over suggestions of "heated" exchanges at their latest meeting. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and EU officials...

Worried that planned protests during German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Athens on Oct. 9 could escalate into violence, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had directed that all rallies and gatherings be banned while she's in the city to...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who many Greeks view as the architect of the austerity measures that have ruined their lives – will likely face angry crowds when she visits Athens on Oct. 9 to meet with Prime Minister...

Greece and its European Union and International Monetary Fund creditors made progress on talks on a 13.5 billion-euro package of austerity measures for the next two years and said negotiations would continue next week. Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told reporters...

A senior European Central Bank official is insisting that the bank can't help Greece by agreeing to roll over the government bonds it holds or accept lower interest rates. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who wants more time to enact reforms...

Angry that their pay is going to be cut as part of new austerity measures, Greek judges – who have been performing only minimal work since Sept. 17 so as not to violate laws forbidding them to strike –...

Upset that 350 shipyard workers protesting against not being paid for six months broke their way into the courtyard of the defense ministry and with rising social unrest against more planned austerity measures, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, an object of scorn to Greeks angry that she’s insisting on more austerity measures while her country foots much of the bill for bailouts to save the Greek economy, will visit Athens on Oct. 9...

Greece’s Prime Minister has said his country can survive until the end of November without receiving the next planned instalment of its bailout loans. Officials from the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank are currently in Greece...

Offshore natural gas could dramatically change Greece's fortunes, should early estimates of €464 billion worth of reserves be confirmed, according to a study presented to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and seen by Reuters. The study, collating existing scientific data, says...