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Greek Court: Former FinMin Papakonstantinou Guilty of Misdemeanor, Not Felony

Greek Former Finance Minister of George Papandreou’s PASOK administration between October 2009 and June 2011, Giorgos Papakonstantinou, was found guilty by an Athens Court earlier today of tampering with the so-called “Lagarde list” of potential tax evaders, in a...

Former Greek FinMin Papakonstantinou in Court: I Am Not Guilty

Greece 's former Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou declared self "innocent" in his apology today before the Special Court, where he is being tried for the infamous Lagarde List scandal. Moreover, he expressed his displeasure for his party's (PASOK) stance...

Former FinMin Papakonstantinou to Appear Before Special Court Tomorrow

Greek Former Finance Minister of George Papandreou's PASOK administration between October 2009 and June 2011, Giorgos Papakonstantinou, is expected to appear before a Special Court tomorrow in Athens, in accordance with the ministerial responsibility law. Mr. Papakonstantinou is facing...

Papakonstantinou to Appear Before Special Tribunal

The deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court has requested that former finance minister, Giorgos Papakonstantinou, appear before the Special Supreme Tribunal. In his proposal to the Judicial Council, the prosecutor proposed the trial of Giorgos Papakonstantinou for misconduct, infidelity,...

Financial Minister Papakonstantinou Doesn't Rule Out Additional Measures

Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou didn’t rule out the possibility of additional measures on both expenditure and revenue in order to cover the gap in budget execution. In a briefing on the results of Eurogroup’s meeting, Papakonstantinou tried to justify...

April 23, 2010: Greece Enters Decade of Bailouts and Austerity

On April 23, 2010, Greece entered the bailouts era by asking its EU partners and the IMF to rescue its economy that went bankrupt. The dramatic call for help was made from the tiny Aegean island of Kastellorizo by then...

Greece's Call to IMF for Help was Decided at Davos, says Former Fin Min

Greece's former finance minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou said that the involvement of the International Monetary Fund in Greece's first bailout was decided at a sideline meeting in Davos in 2010. Papakonstantinou spoke on Skai television on Tuesday night where he described...

Greek Parliament Investigating Committee on Memoranda Unveils Witness List

The Parliamentary investigating committee set up to examine the causes of the Greek crisis and the reasons that the country was pushed into accepting bailout Memoranda, unveiled a list of witnesses on Wednesday that it hopes to summon,...

'Lagarde List' Scandal: Only Ten People Per Year Audited

Former Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou is being tried for tampering with the Lagarde List. The first day of his trial began today, Thursday, February 26. During the process, it was revealed that over the last three years, the Greek...

Former Financial Crime Squad Chief Allegedly Falsified 'Lagarde List'

Former head of Financial Crime Squad (SDOE) and public prosecutor Yiannis Diotis is accused by former finance minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou that he is responsible for adulterating the "Lagarde List". Giorgos Papakonstantinou served as finance minister during the George Papandreou administration...

Former SDOE Head to Stand Trial for 'Lagarde List' Case

The Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that the former head of the Greek Financial Crime Unit (SDOE), Ioannis Diotis, must face charges for the way he handled the data included in the so-called "Lagarde List." The court essentially fully accepted the...

Former Greek FinMin to Appear Before Special Court

By an irrevocable decree of the Special Court's judicial council, which is no subject to an appeal, and in accordance with the ministerial responsibility law, Greece's Former Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou will be referred to the Special Court, where...

Former SDOE Head Released Unconditionally

Former head of Greece’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) Yiannis Kapeleris was released unconditionally today, after facing prosecutors Christos Papakostas and Dimitris Kavalaris, over charges of breach of trust in connection with the "Lagarde list". Kapeleris, who headed SDOE when Giorgos Papakonstantinou...

Papandreou and Venizelos Address Event Marking 40 Years of PASOK

Former PASOK President and Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou and current Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Evangelos Venizelos attended the event marking the party’s 40th anniversary. The main event, on September 3 at Zappeion Hall, will not be attended...

Lagarte List: Ex-Finance Chief Accused of Misconduct Free on Bail

Special judge, Iosif Tsalaganidis, decided to set free on restrictive orders, Former Minister of Finance Giorgos Papakonstantinou, for his involvement in the so-called Lagarde list case. Papakonstantinou paid a 30.000 euro deposit and was ordered to appear every month to his...