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Aide of Former Greek PM Antonis Samaras in Panama Papers

Stavros Papastavrou, an aide of Greece's former prime minister Antonis Samaras, is a Greek politician whose name and activities appear in the Panama Papers. Specifically, the documents of the Mossack Fonseca law firm on Papastavrou say: "Not long after Antonis Samaras came...

Antonis Samaras Resigns from 'ND' Party Leadership after NO Win in Greek referendum

Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras resigned from the leadership of his party after a landslide win of the NO vote his party strongly opposed in the Greek referendum. The centre-right wing New Democracy party faced a leadership crisis after an...

ND Leader Antonis Samaras: 'No' to Congress or Leadership Change

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras focused his speech at the party's political committee on Sunday on criticizing the majority ruling party SYRIZA for its policies, while he rejected all calls for a party congress and change in leadership. "We lost...

Antonis Samaras: SRM One of Greek EU Presidency's Main Priorities

Greece's Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, said Friday that one of the main priorities of his country's rotating EU Presidency will be to strike a deal with the European Parliament over the Single Resolution Mechanism agreed yesterday by Ecofin finance...

Antonis Samaras Cannot Attend EU Summit

Greece's government says its new prime minister will not be well enough to travel to a critical European Union summit in Brussels after undergoing an eye operation. Antonis Samaras underwent surgery for a detached retina Saturday. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou...

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,...

Profile of New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras: Principled or Opportunist?

ATHENS – Antonis Samaras finally has the job he always wanted: Prime Minister of Greece, but may find he should have been careful about what he asked for because he’s going to get it-- from all directions. As he...

Pick Euro or Drachma, Antonis Samaras Tells Voters

Greece will overcome the crisis and stay in the euro, the head of the conservative New Democracy party Antonis Samaras vowed ahead of a general election on Sunday critical for the country's economy. "We will exit the crisis. We...

Antonis Samaras – Dora Bakogiannis: How Hatred Turned Into "Love"

Dora Bakoyannis and her party Democratic Alliance accepted Antonis Samara's invitation to join New Democracy for the electoral battle in June. The return of Dora Bakoyannis and her party was officially announced today, after many days of negotiations on the terms of the agreement. “The time has come to set aside our differences,” said Democratic Alliance party leader...

Antonis Samaras presents measures to exit from the fiscal crisis.

Today,the President of the N.D. oppositional party, Antonis Samaras will present his own ideas in order to exit from the fiscal crisis at the Zappeion Mansion. Mr. Samaras is going to say "No" to the memorandum, but in reasonable...

Defense Minister E. Venizelos Briefed Antonis Samaras on Military Tact’s

New Democracy leader, Antonis Samaras, was briefed on Monday on Greece's defense policy and the state of the Greek Armed Forces by defense minister Evangelos Venizelos and the military leadership. After two-and-a-half-hour’s, Mr. Samaras and Mr. Venizelos stated that the...

Former PM Samaras Sues Tsipras over Novartis 'Conspiracy'

Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras filed a lawsuit on Thursday against current premier Alexis Tsipras over what he describes as a conspiracy to implicate him in the Novartis scandal. In a statement, Samaras targets Tsipras, saying he is responsible...

Varoufakis: Greek PM Should Apologize to Samaras, Stournaras

"The prime minister should apologize to Messrs. Samaras and Stournaras, or stop these offensive celebrations," former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said. Varoufakis issued a statement on his personal website after the Greek government announced the issuance of five-year state...

Varoufakis: Syriza became a light version of Samaras' policies

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says in his new book that the SYRIZA administration accepted the creditors' memoranda and turned into a light version of Antonis Samaras' policies. The book, written in English, is called "Aduts in the Room"...

Case Files Investigating Former PM Samaras, Central Bank Governor and MP Sent to Parliament

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis on Tuesday forwarded case files investigating former prime minister Antonis Samaras, as well as Greece's current governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, and the Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Athanasios Papachristopoulos to Parliament, so...