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The second round of voting concluded with a negative result on the election of a new Greek President by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. The only candidate nominated by the coalition government partners, New Democracy and PASOK,...

With a negative result on the election of a new Greek President concluded the first round of voting by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. The only candidate nominated by the coalition government partners, New Democracy and PASOK, and Greek...

Varied were the responses of the Greek opposition parties, following the announcement of the Presidential ballot dates as well as the Stavros Dimas candidacy proposed by the coalition government partners, Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, and government...

Former EU Commissioner and former minister Stavros Dimas will be candidate for President of Hellenic Republic in all three votes, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced on Tuesday. Stavros Dimas was born in 1941 in Corinth, Greece. He studied law...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras officially announced that Stavros Dimas is the preferred nominee for the chair of President of the Hellenic Republic. "The presidential election has become lately an instrument of blackmail for premature general elections," Samaras began. "Our...

After the coalition's decision to speed up the process for election of president of the Hellenic republic, several names of possible candidates have been leaked to the Press. However, the government has not made any official announcement regarding the...

ATHENS – With his party’s lead in upcoming elections shrinking, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras may not be able to get the title he most covets – Prime Minister – as reports emerged that the opposition PASOK Socialists will...

It has been a long and painful road for Greece and its people during a decade of economic meltdown and austerity. As analysts pick over Thursday’s deal announced at a Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg which purports to lay down Greece’s...

The European Commissioner for Immigration, Citizenship and Internal Affairs, and New Democracy (ND) member, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is rumored to be the SYRIZA-led coalition government nominee for the upcoming Presidential election in Greece. According to Greek newspaper "To Vima," the first...

Greece is facing a new economic crisis after a series of wrong moves by the coalition government of Antonis Samaras, thus negating four years of harsh austerity measures, a Reuters report says. The Greek prime minister made the mistake of...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday in an interview with daily Ethnos offered clear assurances for an immediate cut in the Uniform Real Estate Ownership Tax (ENFIA) as well as in income and corporate taxation in the case...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA praised earlier today the intervention of European Union Commisioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, regarding the need for extended flexibility of the Stability Pact for the European South countries. At the same...

Greek main opposition party, SYRIZA, leader, Alexis Tsipras, does not appear "frightened" by possible turmoil in the market should his party win the upcoming snap general elections of January 25, as Bloomberg reports. As he stated in his book “Alexis...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras lashed out at main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) accusing it of ignorance and arrogance, and expressed optimism that his party New Democracy (ND) will win the elections using truth and responsibility as weapons. Addressing...

After the third successive unsuccessful ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, international media once again has their eyes on the Greek Parliament, with reports mainly focused on the uncertainty emerging from the early...