Evangelos Venizelos
Economy
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...
Crime
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...
Crime
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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
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...
Greek News
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...
Greece
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
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...
Greek News
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...