Antonis Samaras

Antonis Samaras, leader of Nea Dimocratia - the main opposition party in Greece (centre-right) - today essentially opened the electoral campaign when addressing his party's parliamentary group, asking the current government ''to leave as soon as possible, because it...

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s surprise announcement will ask voters to decide the fate of international bailout loans and his wobbly Administration through a referendum sent shock waves through the markets, rattling Wall Street, angering European leaders who just...

General elections are a ''national necessity,'' Antonis Samaras, the leader of the main opposition New Democracy party told reporters following his meeting with President Karolos Papaoulias in Athens on Tuesday. In a brief statement to the press, the leader of...

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos briefed Greek opposition party leaders on European talks about the country’s debt sustainability, the Athens-based Finance Ministry said in an e-mailed statement. Venizelos spoke to the party leaders, including the head of the main opposition party,...

Antonis Samaras, the leader of Nea Dimocratia (ND), Greece's main centre-right opposition party, declined an invitation from socialist Premier George Papandreou to attend the European summit in Brussels on Sunday with him. During a phone call this morning between the...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras and Prime Minister George Papandreou will meet on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the premier's Maximos Mansion office. George Papandreou underlined that there is a need of hard work in order to...

State schools closed, hospitals running only on emergency staff, trash piling up, trains halted, metro and cabbies on strike, tax offices closed, customs officers walking out of their jobs, airlines grounded[...]

PASOK Slips, But No Winners Seen ATHENS - Eighteen months after imposing pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions on the working populace in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy, the ruling PASOK Socialist party has fallen further behind the...

More bad news is brewing for Greek workers in a seemingly endless onslaught of pay cuts and tax hikes. In return for bailout loans keeping the country afloat, the Troika of the European Union[...]

ATHENS – As  pressure builds on Greece to default, Prime Minister George Papandreou is reportedly mulling a referendum to let the people decide whether to give up the fight to stay in the Eurozone, abandon the euro, and return...