Tag: Venizelos
Greek Debt At 321B Euros
After three years of crushing austerity measures and imposing losses of 74 percent on private investors to write down its debt by $134 billion,...
Greek Foreclosure Conditions Set
With criticism within the ruling parties mounting over a plan to let banks seize even the primary homes of people who haven't been paying...
Up To 15,000 Homes On Seizure List
Greece’s coalition leaders said they will allow banks to confiscate 12,000-15,000 homes because they believe the owners have been trying to manipulate laws that...
Samaras Says No Foreclosures On Poor
With a rebellion growing in their ranks over plans to let banks seize homes after a ban on foreclosures expires at the end of...
Papaconstantinou Tells BBC: “Clear Conscience”
Former Greek Minister of Finance George Papaconstantinou, who has been charged with wrongdoing in the handling of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95...
Samaras Gets Cabinet Back To Work
Vacations for the ministers in Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government have come to an early end as he put them back to...
Greece Will Let Banks Seize Homes
Bending to demands from international lenders, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government will let banks foreclose on homes of customers, many of whom...
The Haratsi Is Here To Stay
A special property tax levy that doubled the amount due, and which was put into electricity bills in 2011 - for what was supposed...
Samaras Heading For U.S. Again
Glowing after meeting U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House on Aug. 8 and meeting with Diaspora leaders in New York as part...
Samaras Readies September Strategy
Coasting on a boost from his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. during Congress' summer recess when there were few official...
Stournaras Wants Troika to Cut Greek Debt
While many analysts contend that Greece won't turn the corner for years, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaeas, the country's champion cheerleader, said Athens will press...
Troika Wants Greek Homes Repossessed
Greece's international lenders are pressuring the coalition government led by Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras again to lift a ban...
