Panagiotopoulos
Energy
Turkey Vows to Resume Eastern Mediterranean Drilling “Soon”
Turkey will “soon” resume its seismic and drilling activities under the Eastern Mediterranean, according to Fatih Donmez, its Energy Minister.
Crime
Zigras Tells Tsochatzopoulos To Confess
Nikos Zigras, a defendant and witness against his cousin, former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who is being tried for money laundering and corruption charges, told him to step up and just confess and "apologize to the world."
"We are...
Greece
Samaras Visits Niarchos Foundation Site
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on July 26 visited the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Faliro, which is currently under construction, accompanied by the Minister of Development Kostis Hatzidakis, the Minister of Education Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos and the Minister...
Business
Samaras Sets Qatar Investment Trip
As Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras readies a rescheduled visit to Qatar to woo investment for his cash-strapped country, his hosts are already showing interest in acquiring troubled Greek defense companies as part of a long-delayed massive privatisation.
Samaras was...
Economy
Greece Says Qatar Eyes Defense Bid
Desperate for cash, Greece is reportedly going to get an offer from Qatar to take over troubled Greek defense companies as part of a long-delayed massive privatization that could see the sell-off of major industries and assets.
Qatar’s interest in...
Economy
Greece Will Keep Mandatory Military Service
Despite big cutbacks in defense spending during Greece's crushing economic crisis, “Military Service is and will remain mandatory,” National Defence Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos said in answer to a recommendation from the European Commission that, “Greece should abolish its compulsory...
Economy
Samaras Fails to Sell Coalition Partners on Big Cuts
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, met on Aug. 29 with the partners in his uneasy coalition but was unable to convince them how to make $14.16 billion in cuts for 2013-2014 demanded by international lenders...
Economy
Greek Government Discredits Minister Who Quit
ATHENS – Moving swiftly to distance itself from one of its appointees who resigned, the Administration of Greece’s new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that former Deputy Labor Minister Nikos Nikolopoulos, who quit because he said the government had...