Evangelos Venizelos
Greece
SYRIZA Loses Submarine Deal Probe Bid
A proposal by the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party for an investigation into a stalled deal for the completion of three Hellenic Navy submarines at Skaramangas Shipyards - including the role of current Deputy Prime...
Economy
Foreclosure Fight Upsets Coalition
As Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras is pressing ahead with lifting a ban on foreclosures, his coalition partner the PASOK Socialists - who put it in place - is reportedly at odds with him...
Economy
Greek Leaders Dip Into Savings
Greece's political leaders remained about the crushing economic crisis critics said they helped create, showing substantial incomes even while the had to reach into their savings accounts, according to their declarations of wealth posted on the Parliament website to...
Economy
DIMAR, PASOK Lifeboat Shootout
With their parties bordering on extinction, the leaders of the PASOK Socialists and the Democratic Left (DIMAR) face challenges from members upset they aren't embracing a new center-left movement, The 58 Initiative, that wants Greece's disparate left to form...
Cyprus
Greek and Turkish Ministers' Meeting on Minority Issues and Cyprus
The Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu met in Athens on Friday to discuss about the upcoming launch of a new round of peace talks on Cyprus and on controversial bilateral issues including Turkey's...
Economy
Tsipras Presses Rehn on Debt Relief
It wasn't a receptive audience, but Greece's major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, meeting in Strasbourg, France with European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, told him that Greece can't afford to...
Economy
Venizelos Urges Quick Troika Deal
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who acts at the behest of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, said after a symbolic meeting with envoys from Greece's international lenders that it's essential for the two sides to reach agreement on the...
Greece
The 58 Can't Decide What They Want
Greece's latest center-left political movement, dubbed The 58 Initiative because it was begun by 58 academics, intellectuals and others disenchanted with the political system, brought together a lot of admirers when it launched in Athens, but a lot of...
Crime
Probe Shows Golden Dawn Talked Overthrow
Evidence found on the computers of jailed Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and party spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris, who are among those facing charges of operating a criminal gang, show them denouncing democracy and being involved in paramilitary training...
Economy
Greece's Poor Will Have Electricity
In the aftermath of deaths in households where power had been turned off for non-payment, leading people to turn to makeshift stoves and other heating devices, the Greek government has promised once again that it's trying to make sure...