Lagarde
Crime
Papantoniou Freed On 50,000 Euros Bail
Former Greek defense minister Yannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou appeared in court on April 17 to testify in a case against them in which the government charges they failed to declare all their wealth, which is a...
Crime
Papandreou Refuses To Testify On Lagarde List
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has for the second time sent a Parliamentary committee investigating a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts a note reiterating that he knew nothing about and that he won’t return from...
Greece
Papandreou's Deposition Leaves Lawmakers Cold
Saying they weren't satisfied with a written deposition in which he claimed to know nothing about a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts that was in the hands of his appointed finance minister, a parliamentary committee again...
Crime
Papandreou Denies Knowing Lagarde List
After refusing to appear in person, former Prime Minister George Papandreou has sent a written deposition to a parliamentary committee investigating the mishandling of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that was...
Crime
Venizelos Says Rivals Worked Against Him
PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, testifying during a fiery hearing before a Parliamentary committee about his tenure as finance minister and his handling of a list of 2,065 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that wasn't...
Crime
Venizelos Will Testify On Lagarde List
After being exempted from an investigation into why a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in secret Swiss bank accounts hadn't been checked for tax evasion - although he had it in his possession - former...
Cyprus
Cyprus Wants Troika Bailout Escape Clause
Already trying to distance itself from the harsh terms to which it agreed in return for a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) bailout from international lenders, Cyprus' new government said it would seek a clause allowing for the removal...
Greece
Greece and Cyprus Leave Eurozone, Adopt Dralira
Saying they would no longer put up with being told what to do and to keep imposing pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions and seizing bank accounts so that foreign bankers putting up bailout loans could be paid back,...
Cyprus
Schaeuble Says Critics Envy Germany
Beaming over Germany's success in imposing its will and forcing Cyprus to confiscate up to 80 percent of uninsured bank deposits to get releae of a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) international loan, much of it coming from his...
Cyprus
Madame Merkel's Rule Goes Viral
The Moscow Times depicted the crisis in Cyprus and the Eurozone with the image of a faux Renaissance painting with all the major protagonists, with the focus on German Chancellor Angela Merkel dressed as a tavern woman. The picture...