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After repeatedly vowing he would not do so, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has shaken up his cabinet to reward PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, his remaining partner, with the key posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, as...

Prime minister Antonis Samaras is confident Greece will emerge from its economic crisis with the prospect of long-term development. "In two or three years the memorandum will no longer exist," Samaras said. "We are leading the country towards economic recovery...

Without explaining how it would cut costs or the government’s bloated payroll, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said a deal struck with the country’s international lenders that calls for the firing of 15,000 workers over the next two years would...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met today with co-CEO of German multinational software corporation SAP, Jim Hagemann Snabe, in the context of the government΄s efforts to attract foreign investments to Greece and expansion of their activities in the country. SAP is...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras vowed to crack down on neo-Nazi groups in a landmark speech marking the 70th anniversary of the first deportations of Thessaloniki's Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Samaras spoke Sunday at a memorial ceremony at the...

Even as he continued to impose harsh pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions on Greek workers, pensioners and the poor on the orders of international lenders putting up bailout monies, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on March 15...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has once again promised austerity-crushed Greeks that he won't impose any more pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions, although international lenders said they could be necessary of the government fails to hit...

The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Berlin next week. Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said Merkel will welcome Samaras to the chancellery on Tuesday. He said Friday that the informal meeting offers an...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras welcomed a debt deal agreed by lenders to unlock long-delayed aid, promising skeptical Greeks a new dawn after months of haggling under the threat of bankruptcy, although critics said all he has done is ensure...

Dismayed by the failure of Eurozone leaders to approve release of a long-delayed $38.8 billion loan after he rammed through Parliament a highly-unpopular $38.8 billion spending cut and tax hike program with more harsh austerity measures, Greek Prime Minister...