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Vaxevanis Says Greece Hiding Corruption

A Greek journalist acquitted of violating privacy laws for publishing a list of 2,059 depositors with $1.95 billion in a Swiss bank being kept secret by the government, said the country’s political and rich are trying to muzzle the...

Greek Parliament to Probe Lagarde List

Even as a Greek judge acquitted a journalist of violation of privacy laws after he published a list of 2,059 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank account, the Parliament is being asked to investigate why...

Greece's Wealthy Know How to Dodge Taxes

As the government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has put a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan before Parliament for a vote on Nov. 7, ship owners are fighting to keep their tax-free status and statistics show...

Venizelos Tries to Quash PASOK Mutiny

PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is struggling to keep his party from breaking apart after 17 of his Members of Parliament defied him and voted against a privatization plan demanded by international lenders. PASOK has 33 Members of Parliament, including...

Greek Lawmakers OK Privatization, No to Fund Mergers

As Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ hopes of pushing a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan remained stalled, the Greek Parliament has approved a privatization bill but balked at merging health care funds, including one for journalists, who...

Samaras Says Deal With Troika Done

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Oct. 30 that his administration has concluded negotiations with international lenders on a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan that would go to Parliament almost immediately, although one of his...

Vaxevanis Says Greece Hiding Tax Evasion

A Greek journalist who was arrested for exposing the names of 2,059 people with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank said the government moved swiftly to silence him because it is trying to cover up for rampant...

Samaras in Crisis Talks Over Budget

In an effort to convince his reluctant coalition partners to support a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan that is antithetical to their campaign promises to resist more austerity measures, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has been holding...

Lagarde List Leaked: Greek Politicians, Big Names

A closely-kept secret by the Greek government – the names of 1,991 people who made $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland HSBC bank branch – has been released by a Greek investigative journalist and immediately went viral...

Tsipras Says More Austerity “Final Blow” for Greece

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is trying to persuade his reluctant coalition partners to go along with a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras...