Diotis
Economy
Papaconstantinou Blames Venizelos Over Lagarde List
Former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou, who was ejected from the PASOK Socialist party after charges emerged that the names of three of his relatives were removed from a list of more than 2,000 Greeks with deposits in a...
Economy
Greek Parliament Gets Lagarde List Case
The Greek Supreme Court has sent to Parliament the case file relating to the so-called Lagarde list of some 2,059 Greek with $1.95 billion in deposits in the Geneva, Switzerland branch of HSBC that still hasn’t been vetted for...
Economy
Greek Prosectors Doubt Authenticity of Lagarde List
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...
Economy
Venizelos Blames Predecessors Over Lagarde List
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, blasted for failing to check on a list of 1,991 Greeks with $1.95 billion in deposits in a Swiss bank, said it wasn’t his fault and blamed his predecessors, former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, and...
Economy
Blaming Venizelos Over Swiss Bank List, Ragousis Quits PASOK
Angered that his party’s leader, who, as a former finance minister, failed to act on a list of 2,000 Greeks with 1.5 billion euros ($1.93 billion) in deposits in a Swiss bank to check for possible tax evasion, Yiannis...
Economy
Greek Parliament Head Steps Aside In Corruption Probe
Greek Parliament President Evangelos Meimarakis, handpicked for the position by Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras, said he will suspend himself from his duties during a reported investigation into alleged corruption by the country's financial crimes...
Greece
Seven Former Greek Ministers Probed For Corruption
Seven former ministers in New Democracy Conservative and PASOK Socialist administrations are being investigated for alleged corruption as Greece’s financial crimes squad SDOE is continuing its hunt for government figures and others who have evaded taxes and collected fortunes.’
The...
Greece
Greeks Need To Know: Who Are The Dirty 30?
Lost off the radar screen as Greece sinks toward economic oblivion because of generations of greed, corruption, mismanagement, tax evasion, incompetence, inefficiency and a bloated public sector full of so much deadwood you could feed every fireplace in Europe...