Antonis Samaras

Greece's Finance Ministry said Friday that a Greek bank will immediately start acquiring the local operations of Cypriot banks in close cooperation with the island's central bank. "With this development, Greece is shielded (from the Cyprus crisis) as the total...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' administration plans to speed disciplinary procedures against 4,000 civil servants being investigated for a range of misdemeanors and crimes and finish the work by early next year, with the likelihood many will be fired...

While Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who is dealing with the same international lenders squeezing Cyprus to confiscate part of bank accounts to help pay for a bailout, remained mostly silent about the island's crisis, his administration was said...

Greeks and opposition parties emboldened by the Cypriot rejection of an unpopular bailout deal urged Athens to stand up to foreign lenders whose demands have resulted in repeated rounds of austerity that have pushed some 20 percent of Greeks...

Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, in a preliminary finding, has ruled unconstitutional a proposal by the country's financial crimes squad, SDOE, to freeze bank accounts, stock holdings and properties of suspects linked to large scale cases...

The resounding 36-0 rejection (not counting 19 cowards who sat on their hands and wouldn't take a stand) by the Cypriot Parliament of a tax that would have confiscated up to 9.9 percent of bank account deposits could provide...

In a continuation of polls showing the ambivalence of Greeks, the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is maintaining a slight lead over ruling New Democracy, but the Conservative leader, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is a runaway...

The Greek government, which relented to austerity measures demanded by international lenders, is praising Cyprus for rejecting a confiscation tax on bank accounts insisted upon in return for a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) bailout. "Greece has supported and firmly...

With Cypriots facing an unprecedented confiscation of part of their savings accounts to help pay for an international bailout from the same lenders that have put onerous austerity measures on Greece in return for rescue monies, Greek Prime Minister...

A soccer player for the Greek team AEK Athens, midfielder Giorgos Katidis, was banned for life from playing on all national teams by Greece's soccer federation EPO on March 17, a day after he gave a Nazi salute to...