Greece

The former Prime Minister of Greece, Antonios Samaras, revealed in a documentary aired by SKAI on Thursday night, that Angela Merkel proposed a temporary Grexit in 2012. Samaras, speaking in the latest episode of SKAI TV's ''Greek Bankruptcy'' documentary, explained...

Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras filed a lawsuit on Thursday against current premier Alexis Tsipras over what he describes as a conspiracy to implicate him in the Novartis scandal. In a statement, Samaras targets Tsipras, saying he is responsible...

"The prime minister should apologize to Messrs. Samaras and Stournaras, or stop these offensive celebrations," former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said. Varoufakis issued a statement on his personal website after the Greek government announced the issuance of five-year state...

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says in his new book that the SYRIZA administration accepted the creditors' memoranda and turned into a light version of Antonis Samaras' policies. The book, written in English, is called "Aduts in the Room"...

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis on Tuesday forwarded case files investigating former prime minister Antonis Samaras, as well as Greece's current governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, and the Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Athanasios Papachristopoulos to Parliament, so...

Greek people are paying for the mistakes and political obsessions of the Alexis Tsipras administration, said former prime minister Antonis Samaras in an interview. The former New Democracy chief and PM spoke to Newpost.gr website and made clear, inter alia,...

Stavros Papastavrou, an aide of Greece's former prime minister Antonis Samaras, is a Greek politician whose name and activities appear in the Panama Papers. Specifically, the documents of the Mossack Fonseca law firm on Papastavrou say: "Not long after Antonis Samaras came...

Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras criticized the Greek government harshly for having accused his then-government of “selling out” on the issue of privatizations by trying to sell some of Greece's regional airports, when current premier Alexis Tsipras is now...

Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras resigned from the leadership of his party after a landslide win of the NO vote his party strongly opposed in the Greek referendum. The centre-right wing New Democracy party faced a leadership crisis after an...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras arrived at the Pylos, Greece, polling station where he is registered to vote early on Sunday morning, smiling and relaxed as he greeted local Messinia residents in his native electoral district. "Today we...

Main opposition leader Antonis Samaras said on Monday that the real question of the referendum which will be held in Greece on July 5 will be whether to stay in the euro or not. Speaking to New Democracy’s (ND) parliamentary...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras on Sunday urged the Greek people to stay calm and united, in a statement after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced that capital controls would be imposed. At the same time, he called...

If the Greek government majority does not support the potential agreement between Greece and its creditors whenever it comes to parliament, then a different government formation should be formed, main opposition leader Antonis Samaras told Crash magazine in an...

Greece's stay in the eurozone is non negotiable, main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras said in an interview with Sunday's Kathimerini newspaper. "Greece's exit from the eurozone," he said "it would have serious repercussions." Samaras also stressed the...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras said on Thursday, June 4 that speculations over elections are nonsense. Samaras also called on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to participate in a wide national consensus. Samaras also noted that Tsipras’...