Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the sale of gambling monopoly OPAP shows that Greece is serious about making reforms as a condition of rescue aid. The deal, which will give Czech-Greek consortium Emma Delta a 33 percent stake in the gambling monopoly, will bring in 712 million euros, about $915.48 million. “It is important [...]
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Samaras Says Foreign Investors Saviors
Days after returning from a trip to China to woo business, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the way out of the country’s crushing economic crisis is for foreign companies to invest in the country, which means overcoming its reputation s unfriendly to business and problems such as labyrinthine bureaucratic delays, and frequent bribery requests [...]
Samaras Vows War On Unemployment
As his government is getting set to shed 15,000 public servants over the next two years on the orders of international lenders putting up bailouts, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said his administration will bring down the country’s record 27 percent unemployment rate by attracting foreign companies to hire Greeks without jobs. “We have consolidated [...]
Zizek Wants Gulags For SYRIZA Rivals
Appearing with Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRZA) at a Croatian film festival, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek said anyone who doesn’t support the party should be sent to a gulag, political prisoner detention camps. That would be the majority of Greeks who oppose SYRIZA. The pair [...]
Let’s Play The FYROM Name Game!
Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations “special” envoy on the tedious issue of what to call the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has a better job than even Joe DiMaggio did, although it was pretty special to play center field for the New York Yankees in the 1930′s and 40′s, live in a luxury hotel [...]
Kouvelis Wants A New Cabinet
Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis, one of Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras’ coalition government, said he thinks there should be a shakeup of ministers but didn’t say if he wants any of his members to be in a new Greek cabinet. He outlined his thoughts on the current government in [...]
SYRIZA, New Democracy Clash Over Golden Dawn
Greece’s main political parties continue to be befuddled on how to deal with the rising influence of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, with Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative party leader Antonis Samaras’ government backing off an anti-racism bill and saying that the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has “many similarities,” [...]
Samaras Urges Chinese Invest in Greece
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, talking to the Hellenic-Chinese business forum in Shanghai, called Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Greece and to increase their business transactions with Greek entrepreneurs. “Those who invested in Greece’s failure were disappointed. We are fighting and we will win the battle, there’s no other choice for us. Greece writes its [...]
Greece Recession Will Ease, Joblessness Won’t
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ prediction that the country’s staggering economic crisis will start to abate and that a slow recovery will begin next year seems like, the country’s international debt inspectors said, but the record 27 percent unemployment rate will take years to come down and will probably stay above 20 percent for three [...]
SYRIZA Back In The Lead Over ND
The major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), in a horse race with the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives for popular support, has eked out a narrow lead over the rivals in a new poll, although the two are still are essentially tied as they have been in a slew of recent surveys. [...]
Troika Anxious Over 2015-16 Fiscal Gap
With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras predicting a recovery for Greece’s economy as soon as next year, the country’s international lenders are more worried about 2015-16, saying the outlook is “inherently uncertain” and will be the focus of negotiations with the government later this year, the European Commission said. The Troika of the European Union-International Monetary [...]
Samaras Woos China For Partnerships
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ five-day trip to China is quickly paying dividends with burgeoning deals and closer relations and he used it to urge the Chinese to use Greece as an entry to invest throughout Europe. While foreign investors often complain about typical rounds of endless bureaucracy-and-bribes and many have given up on the [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum May 22, 2013
- Greek-By-Choice Pedro Olalla Honored May 20, 2013
- AHEPA Day Celebration Hosted In Athens May 20, 2013
- Greek Gastronomy Days At Benaki Museum May 20, 2013
