Andrikos Papandreou

Appeals court convicts Kammenos of slander over CDS case

Athens' Court of Appeal convicted Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos of slander, ordering him to pay 50,000 euros plus interest to Andrikos Papandreou, the brother of former Socialist Premier George Papandreou, whom he had accused of involvement with a firm that profited from the purchase of credit default swaps (CDS) insuring against a Greek bankruptcy.

ND rebuffs bribery claims, says alleged mediator was adviser to Kammenos

Responding to claims by Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos that a mediator tried to bribe one of his MPs, Pavlos Haikalis, to vote for the coalition's candidate for president, New Democracy party secretary Andreas Papamimikos described the allegations as «a set up» and «a provocation,» adding that the alleged mediator in the affair was an adviser to the Independent Greeks leader.