Antonis Samaras
Crime
Main Opposition Chief Among Targets of Arrested Greek Terrorists
The names of New Democracy president Kyriakos Mitsotakis and former prime minister Antonis Samaras, also member of the conservative party, were on the list of targets of arrested terrorist Paula Roupa.
As reported after the arrest of Roupa and her...
Economy
Varoufakis: German FinMin Decided to Topple the Previous Greek Government
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis claimed that German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told him that he essentially toppled the Antonis Samaras government in 2014.
On Monday evening, Varoufakis presented the Greek version of his book "And the weak suffer...
Greece
The Debate Over the Diaspora Greeks' Right to Vote
Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis questioned Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras through Twitter over his refusal to consider giving the right to Diaspora Greeks to vote.
Yet, the tweet opened again the debate over the potential of giving the millions of Greek...
Economy
Financial Prosecutors Call Former Businessman for Questioning on 'Panama Papers' Affair
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...
Crime
Aide of Former Greek PM Antonis Samaras in Panama Papers
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
Current Greek Government Seems Determined to Go After Tax Evaders, Borjans Says
Norbert Walter-Borjans, Finance Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, has revealed that he actually offered his assistance in tax-related matters to the government of Antonis Samaras in 2012, just like Syriza MPs claimed recently, but he was turned...
Economy
Greek Tax Authority Slaps Provisional 3.3 Mln-Euro Fine to Aide of Former PM
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...
Greece
Mitsotakis Pledges to Renew and Expand Greece's Conservative Party
Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to renew and expand New Democracy upon officially taking over the presidency of Greece's conservative party on Monday.
With the final results coming out, Mitsotakis received 52.43 percent of the vote while Vangelis Meimarakis received 47.57 percent....
Greece
Who Is New Democracy President Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis was born in Athens in 1968, he is the son of former Prime Minister of Greece and honorary president of New Democracy Konstantinos Mitsotakis. He was only a few months old when his family moved in self-exile...
Economy
The Deja Vu of the New Greek Government
It is early October and Greek people seem to be reliving the days of early February. It is as if the past eight months never happened in Greek politics. Greeks went through an election and a referendum and one...