Lucas Papademos
Economy
Greek Statistics Chief: "I’m Being Prosecuted for Not Cooking the Books”
ATHENS – Greek Statistics Chief Andreas Georgiou, an American-trained economist and former chief of numbers for the International Monetary Fund brought in last year to restore accuracy to the country’s reporting systems, says a pending probe against him on...
Economy
Papandreou Defends Respect for Commitments
Ahead of the Euro Group meeting and the likely concession of the 6th 8-billion euro aid tranche to Greece, former socialist Premier George Papandreou sent two letters last night regarding the conditions that come with the loan.
The first letter...
Economy
Papademos Pushes for Broader Parliamentary Support
ATHENS – Interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, in a bid to keep together a fractious coalition and get other splinter parties to support a second bailout from international lenders and more austerity measures, said he will meet with Members...
Greece
Smaller Coalition Partner Backs Reforms
The leader of the Greek far-right nationalist party Laos said on Saturday he will support newly appointed Prime Minister Lucas Papademos until the government's work is completed.
"It is implied that Laos will support Papdemos's government until it completes its...
Europe
Phone Call Between Greek PM Papademos and Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a phone call from his Greek counterpart, Lucas Papademos. The two PMs agreed on the continutity of the cooperation between Turkey and Greece.
Economy
Papandreou: Europe Needs Investment To Avoid Recession
Europe must invest to avoid recession becoming the next stage of the sovereign debt crisis, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Friday.
"We socialists know we must be fiscally responsible," Papandreou told the convention of the Party of European...
Greece
Elections Likely to Be Postponed
One of the three "inalienable" conditions imposed by the New Democracy leader, Antonis Samaras, to support a national salvation government in Greece, was the date of early elections, which he had helped to ensure would be scheduled for February...
Economy
Samaras Splits New Democracy Over EU Letter
A letter sent to European Union officials by New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras pledging his[...]
Greece
Papademos Confident after Samaras Letter
The Greek Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos, has today praised the letter sent by the New Democracy leader, Antonis Samaras, to the President of the European Commission, José Barroso, the Eurogroup President, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the director general of the...
Economy
Samaras Gives EU a Letter, but Not a Contract
With pressure building on him to sign a bailout deal that would give Greece $175 billion more[...]