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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...

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...

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...

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,...

Women's Global Summit Hears Greek Rallying Cry…and Criticism

ATHENS – Many unsure of what they’d see when they got to Greece – saying they expected a country destitute and deprived – nearly 1,000 businesswomen and political leaders converged for the 2012 Global Summit of Women and got...

Simitis Says Greece Didn't Cause Eurozone Crisis, Blames New Democracy

ATHENS – Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, during whose reign Greece entered the Eurozone more than a decade ago, has denied that the country was responsible for its economic crisis spreading beyond the borders and threatening to take down...