Greece's deputy tourism minister resigned Monday after tax officials said her husband, a popular singer, owes millions of euros in unpaid taxes, a major embarrassment for the cash-strapped government's war on tax evasion.
A government statement said Angela Gerekou, 51, stepped down "out of sensitivity" hours after the scandal broke in a daily newspaper.
"Angela Gerekou has submitted her resignation for reasons of sensitivity and sensibility, so that they cannot provide the slightest pretext to hurt the government," the statement said. It added that Gerekou claimed she had no involvement in the tax affairs of her husband, Tolis …
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