Antonis Samaras

Novartis suits by former ministers, PM are shelved

A prosecutor on Thursday shelved legal suits lodged against government officials and prosecutors by former prime minister Antonis Samaras, ex-finance minister Evangelos Venizelos and former health minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, now European migration commissioner, over bribery claims involving Swiss drugs firm Novartis.

Center-left party cautious over conservative ex-PM's overture

The response by the center-left Movement of Change on Tuesday to an overture made by former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras via an article in Sunday's Kathimerini was particularly cautious.

In his piece, Samaras described the new center-left party as a "necessary partner" in a broader coalition of the types that governed Greece from 2012 to 2015.

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