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Venizelos Says No Government Without PASOK

Following a meeting with Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras, his coalition partner, PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos, said regardless of the outcome of critical elections this month for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament that...

United Arab Emirates to Invest €7bn in Ellinikon

Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has announced his country will invest seven billion euros in the redevelopment projects at Ellinikon and Asteras Vouliagmenis, while Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos estimated that it would create...

Eurozone Pushes Back Greek Debt Relief

Greece's hopes for a quick answer on a debt relief request from 240 billion euros ($330.7 billion) owed international lenders for two bailouts were dashed when Eurozone finance ministers said it wouldn't even be considered until after the summer. Finance...

Greek Diplomatic Missions in Ukraine Stay Alert

The diplomatic missions of Greece in Kiev, Mariupol and Odessa are in constant contact with the federation of Greek associations and their members because of the emergency situation that has developed in Ukraine. Evangelos Venizelos, Greece's Deputy Prime Minister and...

Dueling Polls Show SYRIZA Leading, New Democracy Too

Continuing their political schizophrenia, enough Greeks gave their support to the ruling New Democracy Conservatives and the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) to indicate both would win this month's critical elections for municipalities and the European...

Venizelos Says PASOK Over, Olive Tree In

Essentially declaring his once-dominant party dead, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos says it will survive the critical May elections for the European Parliament and Greek municipalities although it has had to attach itself to a new center-left political group...

Papandreou Perplexed By DIMAR Book Launch Flap

"What's all the fuss?" was former prime minister George Papandreou's stance when he appeared at a book launch for a member of the Democratic Left (DIMAR) who had left his PASOK Socialists. Papandreou, the former head of PASOK, had been...

The Economist: No Trickle-Down Gains For Samaras

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his conservative New Democracy party isn't getting a big bump out of an array of good economic news as it faces a stern test in next month's critical elections for Greek municipalities and the...

Samaras' Pre-Election Pitch: Stability

With his party locked in a dogfight ahead of next month's critical elections for the European Parliament and Greek municipalities, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is wooing voters with money and trying to convince them to keep stability in the...

Samaras Says The End (Of Crisis) Is Near, But Skeptics Abound

After selling its first sovereign bond since seeking international bailouts four years ago, Greece has shown that it has taken a "decisive step to exit the crisis," Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the issuance of a five-year instrument for...