Kouvelis

While Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras reportedly nixed a lower Value Added Tax (VAT,) now at 23 percent, for restaurants, one of his coalition partners, Democratic Left (DIMAR) chief Fotis Kouvelis, said it's going to happen anyway, and is...

Presenting a unified front with his PASOK Socialist partner Evangelos Venizelos at a project resuming work on a major highway, Greek Prime Minsiter Antonis Samaras said the country’s battered economy is already recovering, despite evidence it is not. During a...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, met with his coalition partners on April 23 in a bid to convince them to support a multi-faceted bill of reforms that the country's international lenders are insisting be passed...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' planned appointment of six new deputy ministers has sparked renewed speculation he's planning a shakeup of his Cabinet, which he has repeatedly denied, and ired his coalition partners who said they weren't informed. The newspaper...

If she weren’t so obtuse, you could say that Aleka “Irrelevant” Papariga, who has dragged Greece’s Communist party down so low you’d need a microscope to find it - appropriate when you're looking for amoeba anyway - saw the...

After weeks of arduous negotiations over long-delayed reforms, Greece and its international lenders neared agreement on most major issues, although it's still uncertain how the government will reduce the workforce. The Troika of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took over talks with international lenders on April 7 after his Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras fired back at them over continued demands for austerity measures, including the firing of 25,000 workers and said if...

With envoys from international lenders set to hit Athens on April 4, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has agreed to a compromise plan proposed by his coalition partners that would roll a 100 percent property tax surcharge into a...

Continuing a trend of recent polls that shows virtually no difference in support for the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives and their major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA,) the two parties remain essentially deadlocked. But Prime Minister Antonis...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who is leader of the New Democracy Conservative party, will brief his coalition partners, PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos, and Democratic Left (DIMAR) head Fotis Kouvelis, on the government's strategy to deal with international...