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Greece's Ex-Minister Papantoniou to Testify on Money Laundering

  Greece's former Economy and Finance Minister, Yiannos Papantoniou, and his wife Stavroula Kourakou were given an extension to prepare their testimony on charges of money laundering by a court in Athens on Thursday. Both appeared at the investigator’s office with their solicitor,...

Out On Bail, Papantoniou Glad For Euro

Yannos Papantoniou, a former Greek finance minister who propelled the country into the euro 11 years ago - and who is now being investigated over a secret Swiss bank account - said he's not sorry Greece switched to a...

Tsochatzopoulos Back to Court

The first morning hours of 11 April 2012, the Public prosecutor Popi Papandreou rang the bell of the neoclassical house at Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, announcing the former Minister of Defense his arrest warrant for political money laundering. Akis Tsochatzopoulos...

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...

Two Ex-Ministers Didn't Declare Wealth

Former PASOK Socialist Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou and former New Democracy deputy Economy and Finance Minister Petros Doukas from the New Democracy Conservative party are to face charges in civil court they didn’t declare all their wealth, as required...

Former Greek Minister's Cars Bomb Targets

Two vehicles owned by former Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou, who is being investigated over claims made by a Greek newspaper that 12 military helicopters were acquired at an inflated price when he was in office, were targeted by handmade...

Greek Prosecutor Probing Arms Contracts

Four defense contracts worth 7 billion euros ($9 billion) and 85 other state deals are being investigated by Greek prosecutors trying to root out possible fraud, the newspaper Kathimerini reported. The defense procurement deals were approved in 2001 by...