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Ex PM Samaras slams name deal in Parliament
Former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras on Saturday criticized a deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the long-standing name dispute for conceding too much to the Balkan neighbor.
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Ex PM Samaras says name deal an 'unnecessary and humiliating compromise'
Greece's former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras on Wednesday slammed an agreement reached between Athens and Skopje on the name issue, describing it as an "unnecessary and humiliating compromise."
MPs voting on return of Novartis file to judiciary
Coalition MPs were poised late on Friday to approve a parliamentary panel's decision to return to the judiciary an investigation implicating Greek politicians in a bribery scandal involving Swiss drug manufacturer Novartis.
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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.
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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.
Avramopoulos also says he will not appear before Novartis panel
Former health minister Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday said that he will not respond to a summons to appear before a special parliamentary committee investigating allegations that several high-ranking former officials took bribes from drugs firm Novartis.
Ex-PM will not appear before Novartis panel
Former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras will not be appearing next week before a parliamentary inquiry into allegations that several high-raking ex-officials received bribes from drugs firm Novartis.
In a letter addressed to the chairman of the committee, leftist SYRIZA MP Theodoros Dritas, Samaras said that he has "no intention" of attending next Tuesday's session.
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Opposition MPs walk out of cross-party Novartis committee
All opposition walked out of Tuesday's session of a parliamentary committee that is supposed to be investigating the Novartis affair as coalition lawmakers insisted that the probe focus on whether the panel is in fact competent to continue with the investigation or whether it should be returned to prosecutors.
Political polarization seen harming Novartis inquiry
As prosecutors continue investigating the Novartis case, pending further evidence, judicial sources are expressing concern that the findings could be discredited due to the way they are being handled in the parliamentary probe.
Gov't handling of Novartis case 'attack on the rule of law,' ex-PM says
Former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras has accused Greece's leftist-led government of using the Novartis bribery case to smear the reputations of its political rivals in a campaign that amounts to an "unprecedented attack on independent institutions and the rule of law."