If a growing political crisis surrounding the Greek coalition government over the closing of the national broadcaster ERT by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras- a move that made him lose the support of his coalition partners – leads to early elections, it could stop the investigation of former finance minister George Papaconstantinou’s handling of a list [...]
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Papaconstantinou’s Cousins Owe 10M Euros
Three cousins of former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou – whose names were erased from a 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts reportedly evaded more than 5.3 million euros ($7 million) in taxes, according to a report from the financial crimes squad SDOE given to a parliamentary committee investigating his handling [...]
Kasidiaris Says Holocaust Fiction
The spokesman and a Member of Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Ilias Kasidiaris, whipped up controversy while addressing the body after he suggested that he – like his party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos - is a Holocaust denier. During a debate about the parliamentary committee which is probing the political handling of the so-called [...]
Papaconstantinou Hit With Breach Of Trust
Former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou, already being investigated by a parliamentary committee because the names of three of his relatives were removed from a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts, now will face a more serious charge of breach of trust. Members of Parliament voted to add the [...]
French Say Lagarde List Tax Collector
Disputing former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou’s assertion that a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts he received in 2010 from then French finance chief Christine Lagarde was “unofficial and confidential,” French authorities said it was designed to be used to help find tax cheats. Papaconstantinou is now being [...]
Corruption Prosecutors Quit, Hand Over Cases
Ongoing investigators into a myriad of corruption cases in Greece are being turned over to new special prosecutors after the two men handling them, Spyros Mouzakitis and Grigoris Peponis – who had ruffled feathers with their aggressive stance against wrongdoing – decided to step aside, declining an offer to stay in their jobs. Mouzakitis and [...]
Papandreou’s Mother Sues Over Lagarde List
The mother of former Greek prime minister George Papandreou, who said she had wrongly been named as having held a secret $550 million Swiss bank account on a list of 2,062 Greeks with deposits in the Geneva branch of HSBC, has sued financial investigators and three newspapers over the claims. Margaret Papandreou, 90, sued Vima, [...]
Papantoniou Freed On 50,000 Euros Bail
Former Greek defense minister Yannos Papantoniou and his wife Stavroula Kourakou appeared in court on April 17 to testify in a case against them in which the government charges they failed to declare all their wealth, which is a crime. He was set free on 50,000 euros ($65,150) while his wife was released on 20,000 [...]
Papandreou Refuses To Testify On Lagarde List
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has for the second time sent a Parliamentary committee investigating a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts a note reiterating that he knew nothing about and that he won’t return from the U.S., where he is teaching, to testify in person. The lawmakers technically are trying to [...]
Papandreou’s Deposition Leaves Lawmakers Cold
Saying they weren’t satisfied with a written deposition in which he claimed to know nothing about a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts that was in the hands of his appointed finance minister, a parliamentary committee again is beseeching former premier George Papandreou to appear in person, but not compelling him to do [...]
Papandreou Denies Knowing Lagarde List
After refusing to appear in person, former Prime Minister George Papandreou has sent a written deposition to a parliamentary committee investigating the mishandling of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that was never checked for tax evaders in which he said he was ”“was never informed nor asked [...]
Venizelos Says Rivals Worked Against Him
PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, testifying during a fiery hearing before a Parliamentary committee about his tenure as finance minister and his handling of a list of 2,065 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that wasn’t checked for tax evaders, accused everyone else around him during that time for conspiring against him. [...]
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06 / 17 Grecovery and the Ditch Greece is Digging
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06 / 17 Greek High Court Suspends ERT Closing
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