Politics
Greece
Alexis Tsipras: Greece's New Political 'Iphigenia'
Until May 6, everything in the Greek political scene happened without SYRIZA. Now, if we get destroyed, if we get out of the euro, if we can’t form a government, if we can't cope with our debts, our loans,...
Economy
Greece's Hotels See Reservations Fall, Tourists Wary
ATHENS – With early projections for bookings showing as much as a 50 percent drop, Greek hoteliers are preparing themselves for as much as a 10 percent decline in business this year as the country struggles to right itself...
Greece
President, Party Leaders Fail To Bridge Gap In Coalition Talks
Greece's political party leaders failed to bridge differences in a last-ditch effort to form a coalition government Sunday, and new elections appeared inevitable even as talks to end the country's political impasse continued, renewing fears of an impending Greek...
Economy
Romano Prodi: 'France and Germany Knew About Greece's Tampered Data'
Former European Commission President and ex-Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has called for a growth policy in Europe, during a conference that took place in Florence on May 9, on the occasion of the 62nd EU Birthday. What was...
Economy
Deputy PM: Greece Will Run Out of Money in Six Weeks
Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos has warned that the country will run out of money within six weeks, unless it honors its bitterly-disputed EU bailout deal.
Pangalos said he was "very much afraid of what is going to happen"...
Greece
Political Leaders End Meeting With President
A meeting convened by Greece's President Karolos Papoulias with three main party leaders to try to break the deadlock and broker a coalition government deal has ended.
Papoulias met Sunday with the heads of conservative New Democracy, socialist PASOK and...
Economy
Lucas Papademos Sends SOS Message on Greece
Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias to discuss the current political and financial situation in Greece. The bureaucratic former PM described the Greek economy as struggling.
But Papademos expressed his anxiety about the negative...
Economy
Venizelos Fires His Advisors, Wants Overhaul of 'Rotten' PASOK
ATHENS – After leading his party to its worst-showing in elections since it was founded in 1974, new PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos has put the onus on his political council, forcing their resignation after a scathing speech in...
Greece
Papoulias in Last-Ditch Coalition Effort
Greek President Karolos Papoulias has called the leaders of Greece’s political parties to meetings on Sunday, in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government.
"The president will summon party leaders in a bid to form a...
Greece
Venizelos Has Handed Back the Mandate to President; New Elections Seen as Likely
Greek socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos has handed back the mandate to seek partners for a coalition government to the country’s president after three rounds of negotiations proved fruitless.
Greek President Karolos Papoulias now takes over negotiations with party heads...
Greece
Latest Greek Poll Has Syriza In Lead
A new poll just released minutes ago reveals that a large number of Greek voters have turned to the radical left-wing Syriza Party in the wake of recent elections. The election has failed to produce a coalition so far,...
Greece
Venizelos Fails to Form Coalition Government
Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek Socialist party leader, has been unable to form a national unity government after holding last-ditch talks with rivals, party officials have said.
"Venizelos will return the mandate tomorrow to President Karolos Papoulias," a senior Socialist PASOK...
Greece
More Than Half of Police Officers Voted For Neo-nazi Party
More than half of all police officers in Greece voted for pro-Nazi party Golden Dawn in the elections of May 6. This is the disconcerting result of an analysis carried out by authoritative newspaper To Vima in several constituencies...
Economy
German Officials Gang Up on Greece: More Austerity or Else
ATHENS – Just as it appeared Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos might be able to form a shaky coalition government, another feud broke out between political leaders. German officials also said Greece would not get any more money from international...
Greece
ADL Urges Greek President Not to Appoint Minister From Neo-Nazi Party
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed alarm that Greece’s neo-Nazi party garnered enough votes in this week’s election to earn seats in Parliament, and urged the president of Greece to refuse to appoint any neo-Nazi party members to the cabinet.
The...