Politics

Representatives of the Troika told Financial Times that there will be new austerity measures under the new bailout despite Samaras’ statements in Brussels. Meanwhile, on his return from Brussels, Samaras stressed that,''We cannot take any other measures." The Troika representatives underlined...

Led by labor unions, Greek workers on Sept. 18 began a two-day general strike against austerity measures and the coming involuntary transfer and firing of scores of thousands of municipal employees, joining high school teachers who were on the...

Greek police are investigating the stabbing death of a 34-year-old hip-hop artist that leftist groups said was killed by a gang of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn members who critics say travel in packs to assault immigrants and their perceived foes. There...

The leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras had a long conversation on the  bilateral and regional topics with the chairwoman of the Federal Council of the Russian Federation,Valentina Matviyenko, who visited Greece. Tsipras expressed the political will for the development of...

Economic recovery is on the cards in Greece, according to European commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, but short-tern economic recovery will continue to be difficultfor the Greek people. He was speaking in Brussels on 17 September, following a meeting with...

Greek Prime Minister, meeting with European Parliament President Martin Schulz in Brussels on Sept. 17 that, "Greece is coming out of an unprecedented crisis despite very difficult social hardships". He said all will be well one of these years, even...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Greece, with Russia's Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko, who is currently in Athens. According to AMNA, Matviyenko presented Samaras with a personal message from Putin...

Backpedaling in the face of criticism and a pending probe into his comments that a mayor in northern Greece who supports a gold mine project should be lynched, Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos walked off a TV program on...

Destined to lose, Greek high school teachers nonetheless won the first round of a seemingly fruitless battle to convince the government to reverse course on a plan to transfer or fire scores of thousands of public workers by staying...

Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) which is opposed to international bailouts and the austerity measures that come with them, is due to meet European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Committee...

Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos will be questioned by a Thessaloniki prosecutor after suggesting residents of Halkidiki should “lynch” a local mayor for backing gold mining in Skouries which many area residents fiercely oppose, saying it would hurt...

In the program that will be aired on the evening of September 16 by the German TV channel Tele-5, the leader of the conservative, euro-currency-skeptic political party in Germany AfD (Alternative for Germany) Bernd Lucke will appear wrapped in...

Russia’s Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko is scheduled to visit Athens on Sept. 16 to meet a number of political and business leaders, including Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Meetings are also set with the President of Parliament Evangelos...

According to the Australian Financial Review, NSW senator Arthur Sinodinos, who ran John Howard’s office when he was prime minister, is not to be appointed to cabinet, but will be given a portfolio in the Outer Ministry. Shadow assistant treasurer...

In perhaps the strongest testing yet of the country's coalition government, Greece is braced for a week of protests and strikes from a number of sectors angry that the government is going to move workers involuntarily into other jobs...