George Soros
Greece
Prosecutor Orders Probe Following Kotzias Lawsuit
Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou has ordered an investigation following a lawsuit filed by former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias for defamation and dissemination of false news against him.
Kotzias resigned last month after a rift with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos...
Greece
Varoufakis: Soros Asked Tsipras to Fire Me
Yanis Varoufakis, no stranger to provocative statements, is in the news again following a television appearance in Greece on Monday. Speaking on Skai TV, Varoufakis claimed that investor George Soros had asked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to fire Varoufakis...
Education
Vienna’s Greek Deputy Mayor Asks for the Transfer of Central European University to Austrian Capital
Vienna's Deputy Mayor Maria Vasilakou asked for the transfer of the Central European University (CEU) from Budapest to Vienna after the Hungarian government decided its closure.
CEU was founded in 1991 by Hungarian-American investor and businessman George Soros. On Tuesday,...
Greece
Italy’s Foreign Minister Asks for Change of Dublin Rules for Italy and Greece
The 52nd Munich Security Conference has just been completed and the topics that dominated this year’s conference were terrorism, the Middle East, and the refugee/migrant crisis.
Present were Prime Ministers, Secretaries of State and Defense from most advanced and developing...
Economy
Soros Says EU in Throes of Collapse and Greek Problem Has No Solution
Speaking on Bloomberg from Davos, George Soros said that the European Union is facing an existential crisis and that the refugee crisis is leading to the collapse of the European Union.
He also commented on the ongoing Greek debt drama...
Economy
George Soros: Greek Economy will Never Recover within Eurozone
"Greece will never recover as long as it is a member of the Eurozone," said well-known investor George Soros, adding that the country will never be able to repay its debt under current conditions.
In an interview with Wirtschaftswoche magazine,...
Economy
George Soros: Greece is a Problem Mishandled from the Beginning, Grexit 50-50 Now
Greece was mishandled from the beginning and now the chances of leaving the Eurozone are 50-50, said billionaire investor George Soros.
In an interview to Bloomberg Television due to be aired on Tuesday, Soros said that after recent developments, the Greek issue is...
Diaspora
George Soros Opens Solidarity Center in Greece
The Guardian featured an article today about George Soros and the opening of his “Solidarity Center” in Thessaloniki, Greece, the first of many he plans to open in order to help Greeks who were hit the worst by the...
Business
Giannis Mpoutaris, "Soros Gives Money to the Poor, But What About Other Greek Tycoons?"
The Mayor of Thessaloniki, Greece, Giannis Mpoutaris inaugurated the first center of Solidarity Now in the middle of the city. He made special reference to the Open Society Foundation of the American investor George Soros, and donations made by the organization...
Business
George Soros Donates Funds to Help Heat Schools in Greece
Greek students have had a rough winter in extremely cold classrooms due to the lack of heating resources, resulting from local authorities who are simply unable to cover the unbearable cost of heating oil. The organization Open Society Foundation,...