Antonis Samaras

Gunmen Open Fire On Greek PM's Office

Reuters | Posted 03.16.2013 | World

By Dina Kyriakidou and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Unidentified attackers opened fire on the Athens headquarters o...

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Greece Bailout Crisis a Warning for U.S. Politicians Facing the Nation's Fiscal Cliff

Sheldon Filger | Posted 01.21.2013 | World

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Greece is not only suffering appalling economic devastation. It is also presenting to the world a modern-day national Cassandra, with a prophetic warning that is especially relevant for American policymakers.

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Greek Parliament Approves 2013 Austerity Budget

AP | DEMETRIS NELLAS and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 01.11.2013 | World

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ATHENS, Greece -- Greek lawmakers approved the country's 2013 austerity budget early Monday, an essential step in Greece's efforts to persuade its int...

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Thousands Of Greeks Protest Austerity Cuts

Reuters | Karolina Tagaris | Posted 01.05.2013 | World

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* Public transport severely disrupted, offices shut * New cuts expected to scrape through parliament * Anger, resignatio...

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Greek Prime Minister: Painful, Unjust Cuts Give Us Street Cred

AP | Posted 11.08.2012 | Business

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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says the final round of austerity measures contains painful and unjust cuts but is ...

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Greek Army Chief Resigns

AP | Posted 07.25.2012 | World

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ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's army chief of staff unexpectedly resigned Wednesday, just hours before a top government meeting on military policy. A state...

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Greek PM Pledges Growth As Recession Deepens

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 09.23.2012 | World

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ATHENS, Greece — Greece's prime minister warned Tuesday that the country's battered economy is expected to contract by 7 percent this year, but ...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.24.2012 | Politics

This week, Greece fended off a looming exit from the eurozone with its election of New Democracy's Antonis Samaras -- but couldn't fend off political nemesis Germany on the soccer field, falling 4-2 in the European Cup quarterfinals. In the U.S., the Obama campaign released a new video attacking Mitt Romney's record of shipping American jobs overseas -- both as governor and as a "corporate buyout specialist." Meanwhile, Bloomberg News reported that Romney had asked Florida's Republican governor to stop touting his state's good economic news because it clashed with the GOP candidate's message that Obama is destroying the economy. And there are still 135 more days until the election -- a long, hot run-up that promises to be increasingly ugly. Finally, Rodney King died this week, his plaintive "can we all get along?" plea resonating as a fitting epitaph for our times.

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Conservatives Win Greek Vote

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 08.18.2012 | World

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ATHENS, Greece -- Europe looked on with wary relief Monday as Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras launched coalition talks after coming first in...

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After Close Election, Fear Of 'Social Explosion' In Greece

Reuters | Posted 08.18.2012 | Business

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By Michael Stott ATHENS, June 18 (Reuters) - Pro-bailout party New Democracy may have come first in Sunday's Greek election but the ra...

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Greece Elections Could Rock Euro To Its Core

Reuters | Posted 08.16.2012 | Business

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* Upstart leftist and establishment heir neck-and-neck * Election amounts to referendum on punishing bailout * Anti-bail...

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Who Will Win? Erratic Greek Polls Show Huge Uncertainty

Reuters | Posted 08.01.2012 | World

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ATHENS, June 1 (Reuters) - Greece's June 17 national election is being cast as make-or-break for its future in the euro and the currency bloc itself...

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