Staikouras

As anyone who's been in a Greek public office can tell you, it's unsettling to see filing systems that include stacking piles of files on desks, in shopping carts and boxes and even on the floor, one of the...

After weeks of arduous negotiations over long-delayed reforms, Greece and its international lenders neared agreement on most major issues, although it's still uncertain how the government will reduce the workforce. The Troika of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank...

With tax revenues in January falling 241 million euros ($323 million) short of expectations as Greeks continued to slow spending in the wake of more austerity measures, the government is holding back tax refunds and investment projects rather than...

Greek Alternate Finance Minister Staikouras Christos has granted more time to the working group researching how much Greece should demand in compensation from Germany for damages from World War II, which is now expected to be ready by the...

Still pressing his case for support, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels on Oct. 19 on the sidelines of an European Union summit meeting which began the day before. She had come...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ failure to convince his reluctant coalition partners to accept all the harsh measures in a $14.6 billion spending cut plan demanded by international lenders means the government will not be able to present a...

As Greece’s privatization board remained mostly dormant from July of 2011 to March of 2012, the government paid its workers and advisors nearly $8.74 million in salaries and expenses, according to data presented to the Parliament. The monies were paid...

ATHENS – Looking to slash government spending everywhere it can to satisfy the demands of international lenders, the  coalition led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is mulling whether to force Greeks who were set to retire to work at...

ATHENS – With signs that his coalition government is fraying, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met for urgent talks on July 31 with officials from international lenders who are pressing him to make more cost-saving measures. Samaras was unable...

ATHENS – New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faced the first test of his uneasy coalition government on July 5 when he met with high-ranking representatives of the Troika of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) to...