Politics

Tossed out of the PASOK Socialists for defying orders to vote against a censure motion brought against Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, by the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA,) lawmaker Theodora...

The longest-running story in Greece - the country's painstaking negotiations with international lenders, picked up again on Nov. 18 in yet another attempt to resolve differences over a range of issues before a pending one billion euro installment is...

The Prime Minister of New South Wales, Barry O'Farrell declared that the threats of Turkey's President of Parliament are unacceptable and reprehensible. The Turkish President of Parliament, Cemil Çiçek, asked not to allow members of the state to attend the...

Two new political surveys show that the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras maintain a growing lead in one of the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and slightly behind in the other...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Minister of Administrative Reform, during an interview in Vima FM, talked about the 15,000 dismissals in the public sector by the end of 2014, based on the commitments of the Greek government towards the creditors. He also...

Angry that the government has awarded a 946,000 euros contract to pay for the construction of an official mosque for Muslims without demanding reciprocation from Turkey, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party said it would organize mass protests to rally...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government, which has only a four-vote majority in the 300-member Parliament, faces a tough week including renegotiations with its international lenders over delayed reforms and a looming budget gap before it's submitted to...

A previously unknown Greek far-left group claimed responsibility Nov. 16 for the killings of two neo-Nazi Golden Dawn members, saying it was in retaliation for an anti-fascist rapper's murder. "We, the People's Struggling Revolutionary Powers, claim responsibility for the...

Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras' planned resumption of negotiations with the country's international lenders, set for Sunday morning, Nov. 17 - the anniversary commemorating the beginning of the end for the ruling military junta in 1974 - have been...

Faced with a looming budget gap that could be five times more than what Greece has estimated, international lenders are pressing the government to close two defense industries or significantly reduce their workforce and costs. The government is eager to...

In a statement certain to be ignored, Greece has urged Turkey to comply with international law and to withdraw its occupying forces from Cyprus, where they have had a presence since seizing the territory in 1974. In a statement on...

Forty years have passed since the uprising that took place on the 17th of November 1973 in the Polytechnic School of Athens, Greece. It was a soul-stirring act of resistance against the tyranny of the Military Junta. It was...

The decision which allows Canada the use of the name of Greek products with protected designation of origin (PDO), like feta cheese and Kalamata olives, caused reactions even among the MPs of the New Democracy political party.  Athanasios Tsaftaris...

In a very crucial moment for Greece, when Troika asks for further growth and Wolfgang Schäuble--the German Minister of Finance--recommends respect towards Greece, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, will travel to Berlin on November 22, where he will meet...

The on-again, off-again talks between Greece and its international lenders to reach an agreement over implementing more reforms and filling a budget hole of as much as 2.9 billion euros ($3.87 billion) are now set to resume again on...