He’s retired and out of the public eye but former PASOK Socialist stalwart Theodoros Pangalos, known for shooting from the hip and sometimes shooting himself in the foot at the same time, just couldn’t resist taking shots at the party’s current leader, Evangelos Venizelos. Pangalos, in an interview with Vima 99.5 FM also talked about [...]
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Elections Could Save Papaconstantinou
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Greek Lifetime Job Guarantee In Peril
With the coming firing of 15,000 workers, it seemed that Greece was finally going to bend to demands from international lenders to reduce its bloated public workforce – except that it’s going to hire 15,000 younger workers to replace them. Still, the government said it will pare the number of civil servant jobs enough through [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
Venizelos Will Testify On Lagarde List
After being exempted from an investigation into why a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in secret Swiss bank accounts hadn’t been checked for tax evasion – although he had it in his possession – former finance minister Evangelos Venizelos, now head of the PASOK Socialists, is now expected to testify before [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Taste of Paris in Athens June 19, 2013
- Video Captures ERT Workers Anguish June 19, 2013
- Greek-Australian Conferences in Thessaloniki, Lemnos June 18, 2013
- 35th River Party at Aliakmonas June 18, 2013
