Evangelos Venizelos

About 30,000 homeowners, or 15 percent of the 200,000 protected under a moratorium on foreclosures during a crushing economic crisis, are taking advantage of the law not to pay their mortgages even though they can, a survey of loans...

On December 13, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Davutoglu will be in Athens to discuss the Greek EU presidency and the Cypriot dispute. Athens would like to keep a low profile, however Turkey has decided to take a...

The International Olympic Committee, IOC on its official twitter account, said farewell to the former leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela by uploading a photo. The photo was “full” from Greece, as “Madiba” is depicted holding the torch of the...

With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras trying to convince his Deputy Premier Evangelos Venizelos to go ahead with ending a moratorium on foreclosures that is being demanded by the country's international lenders, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said banks should...

Greek Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who served as the country's finance chief in a previous PASOK Socialist administration, took some verbal shots at current Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras' method of handling the country's ongoing economic crisis, widening the...

For the first time, The Financial Times noticed a shift in Greece’s stance against troika since the beginning of the rescue program. Greece appeared tougher after submitting the 2014 budget without the approval of the lenders and "has become...

Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, asking him not to include same-sex couples in the cohabitation agreement. The Bishop marked that it would be an insult against God. Among others, the Bishop...

After insisting that banks be allowed to confiscate the homes of people who weren't paying their mortgages during a crushing economic crisis Greece's international lenders have changed their stance and now say the government should sort out those who...

Unable to reach a deal before a Dec. 9 meeting of Eurozone finance chiefs, Greece is reportedly hoping to come to an agreement with international lenders over delayed reforms and the size of 2014 budget hole before  a gathering...

Regrouping after being told that envoys from international lenders won't return to Athens next week to resume talks over delays in reforms and a disputed budget gap, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, and his Deputy...