Greece

Financial prosecutors have called a close adviser of former prime minister Antonis Samaras, the lawyer Stavros Papastavrou, for questioning next week on the ownership of an off shore company. Suspected of having committed felony offenses following a batch of new...

The "Panama Papers" scandal has caused huge turmoil in the global financial and political community, since renowned personalities are included on the list of offshore companies. Some Greeks who appeared to have issues with Justice in the past, are also...

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...

Greece’s audit center for taxpayers with large wealth charged lawyer Stavros Papastavrou -- close aide of former prime minister Antonis Samaras -- on Thursday, with a provisional fine totaling 3.3 million euros in connection with a bank deposit found...

"Stavros Papastavrou, according to documents that we have access on, had two accounts in Switzerland, at the HSBC bank. His name was included in 'Falciani list' (also known as 'Lagarde list') and the prosecutors were unable to complete their work,"...

In Brussels on the occasion of the European Union summit will be today and tomorrow the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, in the aftermath of the first, unsuccessful, ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic...

The Finance ministry on Monday announced that late on Sunday it was agreed that the government representatives and the troika would meet on November 25, in Paris, to speed up the evaluation process and decide on forthcoming steps. Greek Finance...

The four-hour teleconference between the troika of international creditors and the Greek government concluded at 3 a.m. with no results to show. No date was set for the final review either as the three representatives refuse to come to...

The meeting between Greece's Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis and IMF Chief Christine Lagarde at the Funds' headquarters in Washington has officially concluded. Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras, Antonis Samaras's advisor Stavros Papastavrou, and Greece's IMF representative Thanos Katsampas participated...

The second round of talks between Greece and the troika is likely to be tougher than expected after managing director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde indicated on Thursday that Greece should maintain a lifeline with the Fund...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Government Vice-President Evangelos Venizelos came to an agreement on social security during a meeting yesterday evening which lasted two hours. The two political leaders also agreed on improvements necessary for the restructuring of non-performing business loans. The...

A last-minute disagreement between Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, Samaras advisor Chrysanthos Lazaridis and government VP Evangelos Venizelos has caused a delay in today's troika meeting. On Tuesday, the Greek government completed its first round of negotiations with the representatives of the country’s...

As Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras prepares for a Cabinet shakeup in the wake of a second-place finish for his New Democracy Conservatives in the European Parliament elections, at the top of the list is who will replace Yannis...

With one eye on a hopeful economic recovery and the other on next month's critical elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is reportedly planning yet another Cabinet shakeup that will see Finance Minister...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble met in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras for only 40 minutes - 10 minutes longer than scheduled - on July 18 although the city center was shut down all day and all...