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Economy
Papandreou, Loverdos Spar Over Bailout Claims
A former minister in then Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's Cabinet in 2010 said he and two other colleagues were opposed to the bailout the Premier sought from the International Monetary Fund, an assertion that Papandreou said was untrue.
Andreas...
Economy
New Democracy, SYRIZA in Dead Heat
After jockeying for position and power among voters, Greece's ruling coalition party, the New Democracy Conservatives and major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) are tied in a poll that shows nearly two-thirds of Greeks are pessimistic...
Crime
Papaconstantinou Probe Gets Fast Track
The Greek government isn’t wasting time going after former finance minister George Papaconstantinou over his handling of a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts. A Parliamentary committee is expected to be appointed on Jan. 21 to look...
Crime
Greek Politics: The Worst Show on Earth
As political freak shows go, you just can't beat Greece, especially when the Three-Ring Circus known as the Parliament in session, if only to see workers paid thousands of euros a month walking around handing out glasses of water...
Crime
Greek MP's OK Bank List Probe of Papaconstantinou
By a wide margin, the Greek Parliament in the early morning hours of Jan. 18 voted to have former finance Giorgos Papaconstantinou investigated over charges of removing the names of three relatives from a list of Greeks with secret...
Crime
Diotis Says He Didn't Doctor Lagarde List
The former head of the Greek Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) chief Yiannis Diotis, in a written statement to prosecutors, admitted that he made a copy of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss...
Economy
Greeks Say Lagarde List Scandal Taints Pols
While the Parliament and government have yet to investigate the handling by a number of politicians of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank that hasn't been checked for tax evasion, 61...
Economy
Another PASOK MP Quits The Party
PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, facing a challenge from rebels unhappy with his unrelenting support for austerity measures and handling of a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts when he was finance minister, has lost another member.
Christos...
Crime
Gap Shows Up in Lagarde List USB Stick
The convoluted case of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret accounts in a Swiss bank that hasn't been checked for possible tax evasion took another bizarre turn with a report that the names of three...
Economy
Papandreou, Papademos, Parliament Probe Targets
A move by the Independent Greeks party to include Former Premier George Papandreou and interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in an investigation of why a list of 2,065 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret accounts in a Swiss bank...