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Economy
Troika Will Keep Greece Twisting 'Til October
With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras desperate to keep the country’s debt-laden economy from going under, he won’t get a report from international lenders on how reforms are progressing until October, when the last installment of a first series...
Economy
Hollande Tells Samaras to Wait for Troika Report
After being put on hold by German Chancellor Angela Merkel over his hope Greece could get a two-year delay to administer more reforms and austerity measures demanded by international lenders, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has been told by...
Economy
Samaras Says Greece Needs Air: Merkel Keeps Him On Ice
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told visiting Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that she will wait until a report late in September from international lenders before deciding whether Greece is meeting reform targets and should keep getting rescue loans or...
Europe
“Mr. Samaras, Please Sign This Guarantee Letter,” Asks Bild
One of Germany's most popular tabloid newspapers, Bild, interviewed Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and asked him to sign a letter of guarantee that Greece will pay back its international loans, most of which come from Germany. That came...
Economy
Merkel, Hollande Give Samaras Both Barrels
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras won’t be getting any sympathetic ears in Berlin and Paris where he’s hoping to persuade German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to give Greece two more years to impose more austerity...
Economy
"Special Salaries" of Greece's Privileged Could be Cut
With the uneasy coalition government of New Democracy Prime Minister Antonis Samaras hunting high and low to find $14.16 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders, the administration is going after some hitherto-protected sacred cows and is planning to...
Economy
Juncker Wants Greece in Eurozone But No Reassurances
With growing indications that Greece may have to make even deeper cuts than the $14.16 billion demanded by international lenders, Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker told Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that Greece should stay in the economic bloc, but said...
Economy
SYRIZA Says Samaras Submissive to Merkel, Troika
After maintaining a curiously low profile while the uneasy coalition government led by New Democracy Conservative leader and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras readies another $14.16 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders – aimed squarely at workers, pensioners and...
Economy
Greek Workers, Pensioners, Poor Face a Buzz Cut
The uneasy coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will hit workers, pensioners and the poor for a big chunk of the $14.16 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders in return for rescue loans, Greek media reports said....
Greece
Nyuk, Nyuk, The Greeks Deserve What They Got
Born liar Evangelos Venizelos, the new non-leader of the PASOK Anti-Socialists, and Democratic Left leader “Uncle” Fotis Kouvelis, who is still learning the game of political prevarication, both recently swore, vow, pledged, promised, wrote in stone, dipped their fingers...