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Samaras Talks Debt Cut in Washington

After a meeting in Washington, D.C., with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, one of Greece's Troika of international lenders, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative party leader, again began fishing for a debt cut he said...

Greece Moves To End Golden Dawn Funding

After arresting the leader, number two man and spokesman for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party during a sweep of its members, Greek authorities are now moving to cut off state funding that political parties get if they serve in...

Venizelos Says No Bailout, No Elections

Greek Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister/PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos said during his visit to New York to represent the country at the UN General Assembly that despite what Greece's lenders and many analysts say, there is no need for...

Die Zeit: Venizelos Asks Asmussen to "Reorganize" Figures

German newspaper Die Zeit has cited an article claiming that Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos asked European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen to “reorganize” figures in order for Greece’s fiscal gap for 2015 and 2016 to appear...

Samaras and Venizelos Deny New Measures

Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, along with the government Vice President and PASOK president, Evangelos Venizelos, denied the new measures and confirmed the fact that they will take into account the reforms, privatization and structural changes. According to PASOK sources,...

Greece’s Cost of Syria Intervention

Greek diplomacy is still holding a wait-and-see attitude toward Washington’s stance on Syria. That is why the Foreign Ministry is not willing to take the risk of making a prediction of the development of the Syrian crisis. So far, the...

Greece and Egypt to Jointly Delineate Maritime Zones

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy Thursday agreed to create a bilateral committee aimed at delineating the two countries' maritime zones despite possible objections by "third countries" and pointed to the prospect of a...

Evangelos Venizelos Visits Egypt

Evangelos Venizelos is visiting Egypt and on September 5 he is to have meetings with top Egyptian officials. The Vice President and Foreign Minister will meet the Egyptian president Adli Mansour, the Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, the Foreign Minister Nabil...

Greece Wants Diplomacy Over Syria

Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras and his Deputy PM/Foreign Minister,  PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, said after a meeting that they would prefer a diplomatic solution to Syria's ongoing civil war instead of a...

Venizelos to Visit Egypt in September

Greece's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister/PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is planning to visit the strife-torn Egypt in September on the invitation of Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy. Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said the counterparts will “discuss...