Antonis Samaras

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ruled out a Greek default as the cash-strapped country and international inspectors seek agreement on policies before an Oct. 18 European Union leaders summit. “It will not happen that there will be a ‘Staatsbankrott’ in...

Furious over repeated rounds of pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions that government leaders keep saying are necessary to keep international aid coming and prevent the country from being pushed out of the Eurozone, more Greeks are now...

The German government said on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras did not discuss possible reparations for Nazi crimes in Greece during World War II. “That was not a topic,” spokesman Steffen Seibert said at...

The Greek government will initiate operation 'Ioni' to host 20,000 Syrian refugees in an attempt to fulfill Athens' rights obligations under the United Nations charter. Plans are underway to provide shelter on two Greek islands for 20,000 Syrian refugees, Greece's...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hopes of putting the floundering Greek economy on the road to recovery took another hit with the release of figures showing that the country's unemployment rate hit another record high and was at 25.1...

Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras reportedly is going to ask French officials to deliver the original list of 1,991 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva branch of HSBC Bank to check for possible tax evasion after special...

  Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held talks on Oct. 10 with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, was  paying his first visit to Greece since the conservative-led coalition government was formed in June. Relations between the two regional rivals have improved...

Ignoring protests by 50,000 people against the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet him in Athens on Oct. 9, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said it was proof Greece is being welcomed back into the international arena and...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Athens on Oct. 9 brought out protesters of all stripes, including people dressed as Nazis and even a naked man who ran through a crowd in downtown Athens, which applauded while he displayed...

While protests raged a few blocks from where she was having quiet talks with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that she said showed progress in his attempt to impose more austerity measures to help right the economy, German Chancellor Angela...