December 2, 2019
Greece
The Greek Helsinki Monitor has filed two lawsuits against former prime minister, Antonis Samaras, and current Shipping Minister, Yannis Plakiotis, for “spreading false news on racist motives and public incitement to discrimination and hatred against refugees.” The lawsuits refer to a speech by Samaras at the New Democracy congress on …
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May 24, 2019
Greece
Former Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras said German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered him a temporary “Grexit, a withdrawal of the country from the Eurozone amid its large-scale economic crisis. He immediately rejected the offer, he said. “I immediately cut her short and said: ‘We will not continue this discussion, …
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March 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
“Syriza is undermining democracy is Greece,” and the “Tsipras government has mounted an attack on the rule of law,” writes former prime minister Antonis Samaras from conservative New Democracy. In an opinion article posted on Financial Times, the prime minister who closed state broadcaster ERT overnight in June 2013is unfolding …
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February 26, 2018
Greece, Politics
Journalist and publisher of Documento newspaper and Hot Doc magazine, Kostas Vaxevanis, was arrested on Monday after former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras filed a lawsuit against him for defamation. Vaxevanis was arrested the moment he was leaving the appeals court in Athens where judges acquitted him on the charges brought …
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February 15, 2018
Greece, Politics
Former New Democracy prime minister Antonis Samaras has submitted a lawsuit against prime minister Alexis Tsipras, Alternate Justice Minister for Corruption, Dimitris Papagelopoulos and Corruption Prosecutor, Eleni Touloupaki as well as against ‘everyone involved’ in the Novartis case file. Samaras had announced last week that he would file a lawsuit …
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September 14, 2015
Politics
It is an old game since Greece sought the ‘rescue’ by its European and other international partners: Every European politician and official – especially those claiming a hegemonic role within the EU and the Eurozone – feels obliged to intermingle into Greek voters’ decision process and try to influence voters. …
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July 31, 2015
Politics
“I wish we had ten Papastavrou!” It was former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras who had praised the morals of his close aide Stavros Papastravou, a lawyer consultant at the Prime Ministry, during a speech in the Greek Parliament. Now, one of the ‘ten’ the real Stavros Papastavrou has been summoned …
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June 23, 2015
Economy
Right after the Euro Leaders Summit, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told journalists that the Commission will offer to Greece a mysterious €35-billion aid package also called “Development Plan” or “Investment Package”. Juncker said that the package will be given to Greece from now -2015 – until 2020. Five years …
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June 21, 2015
Politics
Former Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis from conservative New Dimocracy was praising ex Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and attacking Prime minister Alexis Tsipras for being repsonsible of the ten plagues of Greece. Drawing with the darkest colors the impact of Tsipras’ policies he said that if the country bankrupcts, women will …
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May 21, 2015
Very Mix
New Greek coalition government and moreover Deputy Minister for Infrastructure Christos Spirtzis announced the cancellation of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ project for Free Wi Fi for all. Speaking to several media Thursday morning, Spirtzis justified the cancellation decision saying that “the public procurement initiated by the previous government has …
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April 2, 2015
Politics
They remove dust from their suits, iron shirts and ties and put their bets on the failure of SYRIZA-led coalition government. They offer themselves to a noble cause: to save the country. Main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that he was ready to join a unity …
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March 30, 2015
Economy, Politics
Greece is trapped in bailout talks with the creditors taking place in Brussels. The reforms list the Greek government submitted to the creditors is considered to be on “positive basis” but not sufficient enough. The lenders want measures with “stable performance and specific results”, that is austerity measures with immediate …
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March 10, 2015
Politics, World
Berlin never made a secret that it would love to see To Potami as SYRIZA’s coalition partner. Martin Schulz from German coalition partner SPD and President of European Parliament said it openly and right away, just four days after the elections and the new Greek coalition government. In his blatant …
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March 10, 2015
Politics
While everybody has/had been awaiting for ex Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to resign from Nea Dimokratia leadership as he lost the elections, the ex PM is still there, alive and kicking. At a 3-day meeting of the Political Committee of the party over the weekend, at least 15 ND lawmakers …
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February 22, 2015
Politics
80 percent of the Greeks approve they way the Greek government deals with the lenders, EU, IMF and ECB. The public opinion polls was conducted12-17 February, that is in the time period SYRIZA was negotiating with the Eurogroup partners, and one day after Greece rejected the Dijsselbloem draft on February …
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February 13, 2015
Politics
LOL That was wrong. And undermining. While Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was negotiating a new deal for Greece with the European partners on Thusrday, former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was attending the summit of the EPP, the European People’s Party , the group that unites all conservative parties in the …
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January 26, 2015
Politics
Sensational! Outgoing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras closed the door behind him at Maximos Mansion and left the keys under the doormat for his successor, new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. And not only that. Nobody from Samaras’ team was there to welcome the new Prime Minister. And as if this was …
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January 26, 2015
Politics
These are completely new customs and new practices launched in Greece. Alexis Tsipras sworn-in as the country’s new Prime Minister with a political oath and wearing suit but no tie. He was reportedly said recently that he would only wear a tie, when the “bailout program is gone.” Greece’s youngest …
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January 21, 2015
Economy, Politics
Two days ago, I posted a question: why the EU-partners did not support Samaras coalition government. Today Reuters comes to confirm my suspicion. That the EU-partners together with the International Monetary Fund literally pulled the carpet under Samaras’ feet by asking more austerity measures: “IMF and EU officials insisted on …
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January 19, 2015
Economy, Politics
The whole world is against a SYRIZA-led government. The Greek and international mainstream media, the EU-partners, the Draghis, the Junckers and the Lagardes, they all warn SYRIZA it has to stick to the commitments signed by Nea Dimokratia and PASOK coalition, the Papademos and the Papandreou governments. Day in, day …
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