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Despite Iran, Greece and Israel Get Closer

Although Greece, which gets much of its oil from Iran, is said to be in favor of lifting international sanctions, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, meeting with Premier Benjamin Netanyahu  in Israel on Oct. 8, said he wants closer ties...

Greek Prime Minister Heading Today to Israel

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who returned from a six-day official visit to the US on Friday, will travel today to Jerusalem to take part in a high-level Greek-Israeli ministerial council. On Saturday Samaras met with key ministers at the...

Greek PM Talks 15% Flat Tax Plan; Golden Dawn; Startups from New York

During his trip to New York, Antonis Samaras revealed his plans to make Greece a startup heaven and the possibility for the country to move to a 15% flat rate tax in the future. He also said that his government...

Samaras Sees Stability Without Elections

Before heading to the United States on Sept. 28, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said in the wake of the roundup of members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party - including its leader, spokesmen and lawmakers - that the...

Samaras Invited Putin to Visit Athens

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Greece, with Russia's Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko, who is currently in Athens. According to AMNA, Matviyenko presented Samaras with a personal message from Putin...

Samaras, Papoulias Discuss Syria Hit

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met on Aug. 27 with President Karolos Papoulias at the Presidential Mansion in central Athens to discuss Greece's possible role in a US-led military intervention in Syria. The International Business Times reported that Samaras...

Samaras Talks Investments With Saudi Prince

With a looming hole of as much as $14 billion in the budget and growing speculation Greece will force losses on its international lenders the same way it did to private investors to write down its debt, Prime Minister...

Foreclosures to Dominate Leaders' Talks

The criteria which will decide whether banks can foreclose on property when customers have stopped making loan repayments are likely to be at the center of talks between Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos...

Greek, Italian PMs to Μeet

Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Leta, is going to meet on Monday noon with his Greek counterpart, Antonis Samaras, in a scheduled two-day official visit in Athens, where he will discuss several crucial matters concerning the difficulties that the European...

Samaras: Turkish Invasion Against Cyprus, Biggest National Tragedy in Modern Greek History

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has described the Turkish invasion against Cyprus in the summer of 1974 as the biggest national tragedy in the modern Greek History. In a message on the occasion of the completion of 39 years since...