Antonis Samaras
Samaras, Venizelos confirm reshuffle in the works
A meeting between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Premier Evangelos Venizelos on Thursday led to the coalition confirming that there will be a cabinet reshuffle, although a date for the ministerial changes was not set.
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Tactics the day after
By Costas Iordanidis
PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos will be meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at the Maximos Mansion on Thursday with the air of a winner from last Sundays elections as he hopes to shape the cabinet that will emerge from the expected reshuffle and the coalition governments new policy line.
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Samaras vows to stay the course, 'fix injustices'
Restoring economic growth is key to remedying the social cost of the government's austerity policies, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Thursday, vowing to stay the course for political stability.
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Samaras eyes tax cuts as Tsipras approaches industrialists
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged on Wednesday to unveil a plan later this year to reduce a range of taxes if Greece is able to meet its fiscal targets.
EU values Greece’s role in energy autonomy
By Eleni Varvitsioti
After meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, European Commissioner for Energy Guenther Oettinger said on Wednesday that the two men had discussed the important role that Greece will play in the European gas strategy, as Brussels prepares its strategy for the European Unions energy autonomy, which will include stress tests for member states.
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Stournaras' future uncertain as cabinet reshuffle looms
The future of Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras and the shape that the next cabinet will take were put in doubt on Tuesday amid reports that the head of the governments economic policy feels he is being made a political scapegoat.
Cabinet reshuffle on the cards after election message
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partner Evangelos Venizelos are said to be planning a bold reshuffle to refresh the government and show that they have heeded the message sent in European Parliament elections on Sunday when leftist SYRIZA achieved a historic victory.
Bulgarian Kostadinka Kuneva Wins MEP Seat as Syriza Candidate
Bulgarian Kostadinka Kuneva is largely expected to enter the European Parliament as MEP from left-wing party Syriza.
The Bulgarian trade unionist, who became a victim of an acid attack in Athens in December 2008, will be one of the six MEPs of Syriza.
Samaras and Venizelos to discuss election results on Thursday
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is due to meet Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Thursday to discuss Sundays election results.
The two men are due to meet at 6 p.m. after New Democracy came second in the European Parliament vote. The PASOK-led Elia alliance came fourth.
Tsipras tells Greek president general elections should be 'as soon as possible'
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras repeated on Monday his call for national elections as soon as possible after holding talks with Greek President Karolos Papoulias.