http://www.mail.com/people/1574712-antonis-samaras.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1574712-antonis-samaras.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2161552-greek-coalition-talks-drag-to-tv-crisis.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's governing coalition failed to end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT, but said talks would continue Thursday to try to avoid a snap election that could delay vital economic reforms and disrupt the country's bailout program. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held his second meeting ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:20:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2161552-greek-coalition-talks-drag-to-tv-crisis.html 2013-06-19T21:20:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2159048-greeces-public-tv-despite-court-ruling.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT raged on, despite a court ruling that the prime minister's decision to pull the plug was wrong. The threat of a snap general election was averted late Monday after a meeting between Conservative Prime Minister Antonis... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:57:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2159048-greeces-public-tv-despite-court-ruling.html 2013-06-18T19:57:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2156664-greek-coalition-avoids-collapse-tv-shutdown.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government has avoided collapsing over a dispute stemming from Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' move to close the state-owned television broadcaster after a high court ruling offered a way out of a week-long impasse that drew international criticism. Greece is implementing tough spending cuts, tax hikes and administrative re... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:01:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2156664-greek-coalition-avoids-collapse-tv-shutdown.html 2013-06-17T22:01:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2151682-greek-pm-raises-stakes-broadcasters-closure.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister has raised the stakes in a fight with key government allies over his decision to shut "sinful" state-run TV, offering a minor compromise while suggesting he would risk early elections unless they back him. Antonis Samaras' remarks Friday came just a week shy of his first anniversary in office. His fragile thre... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:05:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2151682-greek-pm-raises-stakes-broadcasters-closure.html 2013-06-14T20:05:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2148646-satellite-boost-greeces-public-tv-holdouts.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Journalists from axed Greek state broadcaster ERT returned to the airwaves Thursday amid an escalating crisis that saw the country rocked by a general strike, a sharp rebuke from Europe's top human rights official and widening divisions in the fragile coalition government. Officials at the Geneva-based European Broadcasting Union on ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:25:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2148646-satellite-boost-greeces-public-tv-holdouts.html 2013-06-13T19:25:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2145998-greek-govt-deep-crisis-broadcaster.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's fragile governing coalition failed to reach a compromise Wednesday about the closure of the state-run ERT broadcaster. That left the government in a crisis that could lead to early elections, just a year after it was formed to save the country from bankruptcy. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras derided ERT TV and radio as "a tru... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:53:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2145998-greek-govt-deep-crisis-broadcaster.html 2013-06-12T21:53:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2147114-broadcasters-blow-to-greek-identity.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — When Nazi troops marched into Greece's nearly deserted capital on April 27, 1941, radio announcer Costas Stavropoulos of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. announced the grim news. He urged his countrymen and women not to listen to future Nazi radio transmissions and signed off with the Greek national anthem. That moment in Greek broadc... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:15:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2147114-broadcasters-blow-to-greek-identity.html 2013-06-12T20:15:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2144184-greek-tv-radio-broadcasts-air.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts and lay off about 2,500 workers as part of a cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors. The conservative-led government said the Hellenic Br... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:09:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2144184-greek-tv-radio-broadcasts-air.html 2013-06-11T22:09:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2143492-juncker-concedes-mistakes-greek-bailout.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Former Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker conceded Tuesday that mistakes were made in the bailout of Greece — days after a similar admission by the International Monetary Fund. The Luxembourg prime minister, who played a central role in the 2010 bailout out through his position as the head of the grouping of the euro finance min... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:10:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2143492-juncker-concedes-mistakes-greek-bailout.html 2013-06-11T11:10:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2136648-greek-opposition-imf-mistake-wont-ease-austerity.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An admission from the International Monetary Fund this week that it mishandled the early stages of Greece's massive bailout will not lead to any easing up of austerity measures, the crisis-hit country's opposition leader said in an interview late Friday. Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left-wing Syriza party, told The Associated Press ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:26:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2136648-greek-opposition-imf-mistake-wont-ease-austerity.html 2013-06-07T21:26:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2133502-eu-rejects-imf-criticism-handling-greek-crisis.html BERLIN (AP) — Two of the main institutions in charge of managing Europe's debt crisis have clashed over whether mistakes were made in the handling of Greece's debt woes. The European Commission, executive arm of the 27-country European Union, Thursday firmly rejected a report from the International Monetary Fund on the Greek bailout, adding that it "funda... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:59:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2133502-eu-rejects-imf-criticism-handling-greek-crisis.html 2013-06-06T17:59:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2121748-eurogroup-head-greece-to-wait-debt-relief.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Eurozone countries will not consider possible debt relief for Greece until April 2014, the euro currency bloc's head said Friday on a visit to Athens. Still, Jeroen Dijsselbloem said a landmark decision was likely next month on how Europe's new bank rescue mechanism will work. Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister who chairs meeti... Fri, 31 May 2013 21:41:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2121748-eurogroup-head-greece-to-wait-debt-relief.html 2013-05-31T21:41:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2118406-surge-hate-crimes-divides-greek-coalition.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's coalition government was in disarray Thursday over efforts to crackdown on growing racist violence, as majority conservatives and their center-left partners clashed over the best way to tackle anti-immigrant violence. The embarrassing rift in conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' government occurred amid pressure from... Thu, 30 May 2013 16:29:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2118406-surge-hate-crimes-divides-greek-coalition.html 2013-05-30T16:29:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2115880-greece-receives-gloomy-forecasts.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's central bank warned Wednesday that unemployment and the recession are likely to be worse than expected this year, while a leading international organization said the country's slow financial recovery might even force it to seek additional bailout loans. The Bank of Greece said the economy is likely to contract by a further 4... Wed, 29 May 2013 14:02:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2115880-greece-receives-gloomy-forecasts.html 2013-05-29T14:02:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2084146-fitch-upgrades-greeces-credit-rating.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Debt-hobbled Greece got a new morale boost Tuesday, with Fitch ratings agency upgrading its sovereign credit grade, a day after the country's European creditors backed the release of a new rescue loan payment. However, the one-notch upgrade from CCC to B- still leaves Greece's government debt six levels deep in junk status — that is,... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:12:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2084146-fitch-upgrades-greeces-credit-rating.html 2013-05-14T18:12:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month. Civil servants' unions retaliated by calling a 24-hour strike for Tuesday. It is the third time this year that the conservative-led coalition government has used the emergency civil mobili... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:29:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html 2013-05-13T17:29:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046688-un-crisis-greece-weakening-human-rights-action.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is falling behind on its human rights obligations, a senior U.N. investigator warned Friday, and he strongly criticized the "excessively rigid" demands of the crisis-hit country's bailout program. U.N. independent expert Cephas Lumina said a surge in unemployment and axed benefits had left a growing number of Greeks without he... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:22:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046688-un-crisis-greece-weakening-human-rights-action.html 2013-04-26T15:22:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022404-greece-sticks-with-austerity-seeks-debt-relief.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece promised Tuesday to stick with tough austerity measures, holding out hope for a debt relief deal with emergency creditors, but the country's prime minister conceded that the tax collection system was in need of major reform after it had "essentially collapsed." "No, we have not overcome the crisis yet, but light is beginning t... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:35:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022404-greece-sticks-with-austerity-seeks-debt-relief.html 2013-04-16T19:35:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019876-greece-seals-deal-with-debt-inspectors.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece cleared an important hurdle in its drive to receive its next batch of bailout loans from its international creditors Monday. But even though the deal was secured without the global market tensions that have marked earlier rescue talks, the economic reforms agreed involve firing thousands of civil service workers. The review by... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:18:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019876-greece-seals-deal-with-debt-inspectors.html 2013-04-15T18:18:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013048-greece-germany-bicker-war-reparations-issue.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A long-standing debate over whether Germany still owes Greece war reparations stemming from the Nazi occupation erupted anew Thursday in a spat between Greece's foreign minister and Germany's finance minister. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted by German media as suggesting that Greece should focus on reforming its... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:27:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013048-greece-germany-bicker-war-reparations-issue.html 2013-04-11T19:27:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1964314-cyprus-time-greece-tells-eu.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Banking stocks in Greece were hammered Tuesday before Cypriot lawmakers rejected a bailout plan, while government officials here urged eurozone countries to give the Mediterranean island more time to come up with a viable solution. Shares on the Athens Stock Exchange fell 3.85 percent to 923.43. Banking stocks plummeting by 9.58 perc... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:01:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1964314-cyprus-time-greece-tells-eu.html 2013-03-19T20:01:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1949116-greek-bailout-program-review-hits-snag.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Inspectors from Greece's rescue lenders delayed a meeting with the prime minister which had been scheduled for Tuesday after talks stalled over tax collection difficulties and promised reductions in public sector staff. The talks between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the inspectors from the European Union, European Central Bank ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:44:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1949116-greek-bailout-program-review-hits-snag.html 2013-03-12T20:44:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1945688-cash-strapped-greece-puts-govt-buildings-block.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's cash-strapped government detailed Monday its plans to sell 28 state-owned buildings on long-term lease, including tax offices, ministry buildings, and the main police headquarters in Athens. A government privatization fund said it hoped to make €30 million ($39 million) annually from the lease agreements lasting 20-25 years.... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:15:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1945688-cash-strapped-greece-puts-govt-buildings-block.html 2013-03-11T18:15:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1902502-greeks-strike-march-protest-austerity.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tens of thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday as unions staged a general strike to protest government spending cuts and tax hikes, which some predict will push unemployment to an alarming 30 percent. Police said up to 40,000 people were participating in two separate marches in central At... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:44:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1902502-greeks-strike-march-protest-austerity.html 2013-02-20T12:44:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1900278-french-president-visits-athens-amid-media-blackout.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — French President Francois Hollande pledged investments in Greece's ailing economy during a brief visit on Tuesday, seen as a show of support for the country's uphill struggle to recover from its debt crisis. But a media strike left the event with minimal domestic coverage, to the fury of the Greek government that had sought to play u... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:18:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1900278-french-president-visits-athens-amid-media-blackout.html 2013-02-19T16:18:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1889024-crisis-hit-greece-backs-pipeline-caspian-gas.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece, Italy and Albania signed an agreement Wednesday backing a proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from the Caspian Sea to western Europe, intensifying the rivalry with a competing project. The 800-kilometer (500-mile) Trans-Adriatic pipeline system, or TAP, would have an initial annual capacity of 10 billion cubic meters (... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:20:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1889024-crisis-hit-greece-backs-pipeline-caspian-gas.html 2013-02-13T15:20:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1869232-greece-orders-striking-ferry-crews-to-work.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For the second time in less than two weeks, the Greek government invoked rarely used emergency laws to order strikers back to work Tuesday — in a move designed to end a seamen's walkout that has left islands without ferry services and supplies for six days. The decision by conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to declare ferry ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1869232-greece-orders-striking-ferry-crews-to-work.html 2013-02-05T16:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842564-greek-govt-forcing-to-athens-metro-strike.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government announced emergency powers Thursday to force striking subway workers back to work, with those defying it risking dismissal, arrest and jail in an escalating standoff over austerity measures. In a swift backlash, unions announced immediate strikes that halted all public transport across the capital for the rest of ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842564-greek-govt-forcing-to-athens-metro-strike.html 2013-01-24T17:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1829914-imf-greece-recovering-eu-cash.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has salvaged its economic recovery program following months of political uncertainty but still faces "enormous" challenges and will need new financial support from fellow eurozone states, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. The IMF issued its views in a 260-page report after it approved this week a long-delayed $4.3 b... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1829914-imf-greece-recovering-eu-cash.html 2013-01-18T17:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1818840-greece-shots-fired-ruling-party-hq.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of Greece's governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. No one was hurt. A government spokesman said the shooting was part of an effort to "terrorize" Greek society... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1818840-greece-shots-fired-ruling-party-hq.html 2013-01-14T10:20:00Z