Antonis Samaras
Polakis to face Parliament’s ethics committee after battle royal with Georgiadis, who will sue him
Parliament Speaker Kostas Tasoulas has referred SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis to the legislature's Ethics Committee in the latest episode in the vendetta between the SYRIZA MP and Development Minister and New Democracy vice-president Adonis Georgiadis over charges that the latter as health minister received kickbacks from the pharmaceutical giant Novartis.
Venizelos praises government for concluding Greece-France mutual defence pact
Venizelos praises government for concluding Greece-France mutual defence pact
Former deputy premier and long-time Pasok minister Evangelos Venizelos praised the government for concluding the Greece-France defence agreement due to the crucial clause on mutual defence assistance in the event that either party is attacked.
Editorial: The old wolf doesn’t change
Former prime minister Antonis Samaras one week ago adopted an aggressive stance on Greek national issues.
He did so in a flashy manner on the eve of the resumption of exploratory talks with neighbouring Turkey in Istanbul.
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Exploratory talks, support and objections
In his recent interview with Kathimerini, former prime minister Antonis Samaras put forward a number of arguments concerning the exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey and shed light on an important aspect of the issue by expressing the belief - shared by a part of Greek society and certainly by a large part of the ruling center-right party - that it is not in Greece's interest to negot
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Ex-PM Samaras tells Kathimerini deterrence is key to dealing with Turkey
"You do not appease the expansionist. That way he becomes even more ruthless," Antonis Samaras told Kathimerini, noting exploratory contacts with Ankara, which started yesterday in Istanbul, cancel possible sanctions on Turkey.
Deterrence only way to deal with Turkey, ex-PM says
Exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey remove the prospect of EU sanctions against Ankara over its illegal activities in the East Mediterranean, ex-prime minister Antonis Samaras told Kathimerini on Sunday, also cautioning against recourse to the International Court of Justice.
Greek prime ministers against the coronavirus
Recently, three former US presidents - Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama - announced that they would get the coronavirus vaccine, and offered to do so publicly to help better inform and persuade Americans who are skeptical about its safety.
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Behind the scenes on the Macedonian issue
Greek governments, from Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1990-03) to Antonis Samaras (2012-15), followed an ineffective secret diplomacy, while accepting, without admitting it, a double (or triple) name for what was then the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), with the word "Macedonia" included in every iteration.
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Ex-justice minister asks for more time, witnesses in Novartis investigation probe
Former justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos on Thursday requested a month-long extension to prepare his defense to a parliamentary committee investigating allegations that he sought to influence a judicial probe into the Novartis bribery affair.
Ex-minister Pappas to be summoned over Novartis case
One day after Greek-Israeli businessman Sabby Mionis accused former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos, the publisher of Dimokratia newspaper Ioannis Filippakis and two journalists of blackmail in 2016, the parliamentary committee probing the handling of the Novartis case by the former SYRIZA administration on Thursday summoned ex-digital policy minister Nikos Pappas to testify