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Economy
Greek "Wise Men" To Tackle Tax Evasion
Unable to stop runaway tax evasion in a country that is the most corrupt in the European Union, the Greek government is planning to create a so-called “Committee of Wise Men” to come up with some other way to...
Economy
Greek Government Discredits Minister Who Quit
ATHENS – Moving swiftly to distance itself from one of its appointees who resigned, the Administration of Greece’s new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that former Deputy Labor Minister Nikos Nikolopoulos, who quit because he said the government had...
Economy
Samaras Ready to Bargain with The Troika
ATHENS – With inspectors from international lenders due on July 5, new Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will reportedly try to convince them to accept a deal in which Greece would move more quickly on privatization and cutting the...
Economy
Samaras Writes EU for Help as IMF Prepares Visit
ATHENS – Unable to attend a critical meeting of European Union leaders because he is still recovering from eye surgery for a detached retina, new Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has written the EU a letter asking them not...
Economy
Another Greek Resignation: Privatization Head Quits
ATHENS – Little more than a week into his uneasy tripartite coalition government, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ plans to get the Greek economy back on track suffered another blow with the resignation of Yiannis Koukiadis, the head of the...
Economy
Rapanos Was Unhappy with Samaras' Cabinet Picks
ATHENS – Designated Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos, who cited ill health for his decision not to accept the post, resigned because he was also dissatisfied with new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ decision to stock his coalition Cabinet with political...
Economy
Citing Ill Health, Designated Finance Minister Rapanos Resigns
ATHENS - The prime minister's office says Greece's designated Finance Minister, Vassilis Rapanos, who was rushed to a hospital on June 22 after he felt nausea, abdominal cramps and fainted, has resigned after being released, citing ill health
Rapanos, President...
Economy
Greek Banks Looking for More Government Money
ATHENS – Greece’s beleaguered banks, beset by nervous Greeks yanking out billions of dollars in the frantic period ahead of the critical June 17 elections and holding on thanks to an emergency injection of $23.9 billion in a bailout,...
Economy
Samaras Sets the Tone with Troika Coming to Town
ATHENS – Moments after his Cabinet, stocked heavily with members from his own New Democracy party, was sworn in, Greece’s new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras put them to work on dealing with the country’s crushing economic crisis, in preparation...
Economy
Antonis Samaras Sworn In As Prime Minister
ATHENS – New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, whose party finished first in the critical June 17 elections but with less than 30 percent of the vote, was sworn in as Prime Minister on June 20 after convincing his rivals,...