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Samaras in Brussels, Merkel Says Loan Coming

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was in Brussels on Nov. 22 for the start of a two-day meeting of European Union leaders on the region's budget where he was expected to meet Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker and push for...

Samaras Says Aid Delay Not Justified

Dismayed by the failure of Eurozone leaders to approve release of a long-delayed $38.8 billion loan after he rammed through Parliament a highly-unpopular $38.8 billion spending cut and tax hike program with more harsh austerity measures, Greek Prime Minister...

Samaras to Visit Qatar Next Week to Discuss Investment

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will visit the wealthy Gulf state of Qatar next week to discuss investment opportunities inside Greece, a Greek embassy spokesman in Doha said on Tuesday. According to Reuters, Samaras will meet with Qatar΄s emir and...

Greek Loan Heads for German Parliament

With Greece still twisting in the wind and waiting for international lenders, including the Eurozone, to approve a long-delayed $38.8 billion loan installment, the German Parliament will put it to a vote next week. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had...

Greece Freezes Foreclosures, No Help on Loans

As Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ coalition government plans to recapitalize the country’s banks with a $64 billion injection, it is also going to freeze home foreclosures in 2013, but has offered beleaguered consumers no help, although many can’t...

Samaras Plans Post-Loan Cabinet Shakeup

Once Greece gets a long-delayed $38.8 billion installment from international lenders – now expected to be Dec. 5 - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras reportedly will reshuffle his Cabinet and reward his coalition partners, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos...

Greek-Swiss Bank Tax Deal Hits Snags

Although Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ government has yet to check a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in the Geneva, Switzerland branch of HSBC for possible tax evasion, Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said Greece is still hoping to...

Greece's Big Week: EU Showdowns

Having secured reluctant Parliamentary approval of a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan demanded by international lenders, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is preparing for a week of meeting European Union leaders in the hopes they will...

Lagarde Says Greece Needs Solution

As Greece waits fretfully for whether Eurozone leaders this week will release a delayed $38.8 billion installment needed to keep the country’s economy afloat, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde said a permanent answer must be found to...

Greek Coalition Reels, Awaits EU on Loan

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is struggling to keep his uneasy coalition together in an attempt to present a united front before Eurozone finance ministers meet on Nov. 20 to consider approving a long-delayed $38.8 billion loan installment, and as...