Papoulias
Cyprus
Anastasiades Wants Greek Bailout Too
Awaiting a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) rescue package from international lenders, new Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades was in Athens on March 31 looking for another two billion euros ($2.6 billion) in aid despite Greece's crushing economic crisis where...
Greece
Greece and France to Sign Defense Deal
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Feb. 28 that Greece and France would sign a defence collaboration agreement, following reports that Athens would borrow navy frigates from Paris, according to Agence-France-Presse.
"This (broader) agreement will further include...
Economy
Papoulias Says Greece Ready To Explode
With more evidence that austerity measures demanded by international lenders in return for bailout loans have backfired and made Greece’s economy worse, President Karolos Papoulias said he fears the government’s squeezing of taxpayers will blow up in the country’s...
Crime
Papoulias Asks Greek Rich To Pay Taxes
With Greece being pushed by its international lenders to finally go after tax cheats costing the country some $70 billion – and with most Greeks believing the government has done nothing about it – President Karolos Papoulias has urged...
Greek News
President Papoulias Meets Cairo’s Greeks
Greek President Karolos Papoulias met with delegates of the Greek Egyptian community of Cairo during an official luncheon organized at the Greek Embassy premises in the capital of the country.
The delegation, headed the President of the Greek Community of...
Economy
Fortress Athens: 6,000 Cops to Guard Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who many Greeks view as the architect of the austerity measures that have ruined their lives – will likely face angry crowds when she visits Athens on Oct. 9 to meet with Prime Minister...
Economy
Papoulias Tells Troika to Stop "Merciless Lashing"
As talks between Greece’s coalition government and international lenders over a plan to cut $14.6 billion in spending remained stalled, and anger and unrest were growing, President Karolos Papoulias said the country has suffered enough and urged an end...
Economy
Samaras Says He Saved Greece from Drachma
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that his trip to present German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande with details of plans to make another $14.16 billion in cuts could keep Greece in the Eurozone and prevent...
Greece
President Papoulias Booed at Assumption Church in Arta
Greek President Karolos Papoulias - as he was at other Greek holidays as the government is cutting back people's pay, raising taxes and slashing pensions during an economic crisis - was booed again at a public appearance, this time...
Economy
Layoffs Coming for Thousands of Greek Workers
ATHENS – Saying that “the numbers don’t add up,” for Greece to make 11.5 billion euros ($14.16 billion) in cuts ordered by international lenders to keep lifeline loans coming, Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said the new coalition government is...