Politics

ATHENS – Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, during whose reign Greece entered the Eurozone more than a decade ago, has denied that the country was responsible for its economic crisis spreading beyond the borders and threatening to take down...

Greece's socialist party leader Evangelos Venizelos has promised no new taxes, or across-the-board wage and pension cuts, if his party participates in a coalition government after the May 6 early election. Speaking in front of a select audience of party...

Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos has said that the country’s place in the European Union must be defended. Against a backdrop of deep debt, cuts and unemployment, Papademos warned against europhobia as Greeks prepare to vote in next month’s election. “The...

ATHENS – Greece’s shipping industry, which pays no income taxes to its homeland, may find it difficult to get more financing from Greek banks because of the economic crisis that has created a deep recession and has threatened to...

Former minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos’ wife, Vicky Stamatis, was remanded in custody today after the mutual decision of the investigating judge and prosecutor examining the money laundering case. Mrs. Stamatis' brother, Panayotis Stamatis, was released after his sister entered her plea...

ATHENS – Reaching out to Right-Wingers who are leaving his Conservative party ahead of the May 6 elections, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras said he would get tough on crime, repeal laws giving citizenship to second generation immigrants born...

From the total 36 parties that have filed their applications to run in the May 6 elections, 32 candidates will claim the Greek people’s votes, according to the relevant decision of the Supreme Court of the country. Unlike past years,...

Just like her father, former Greek minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, Areti headed to Korydallos prison on Thursday, April 26. She was held in custody after her testimony before the examining magistrate. She faces money laundering charges, and the scandal appears to...

ATHENS – Desperately trying to find ways to save money in the midst of a crushing economic crisis, Greece is cutting off benefits, including pensions, to 200,000 people the government said lied to get checks, were dead, or not...

Vassilis Chitos has been a crime news journalist for the past 15 years who decided to enter the elections as a candidate with Panos Kammenos' new political party, Independent Greeks. Independent Greeks has often discussed the subject of political transparency. Now, Kammenos...

ATHENS – Since it’s apparent that new PASOK Anti-Socialist leader Evangelos “Mr. Tax Man,” Venizelos, the World Heavyweight Bombast Champion, is leading his party to defeat in the May 6 election, and as the leading New Democracy Capitalists are...

Greece will pay 20 percent less to hold a general election on May 6 than it cost in 2009, as the government tries to cut down on spending in a second year of austerity measures. The May 6 vote will...

ATHENS – Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos has given another dire warning about the country’s economy, foreseeing that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will shrink 5 percent this year and urged whomever wins the May 6 elections to...

ATHENS – Still lagging in the polls as the May 6 elections approach, the PASOK Socialist party has recruited former Olympic and World Champion weightlifter Pyrros Dimas, who had vowed he would never be involved in politics, to head...

A European arrest warrant was issued yesterday against former Greek Cyprus army Chief Petros Tsalikides, charged in connection with a deadly munitions blast, after he failed to appear in court, officials said. According to hurriyetdaily, Tsalikides’ seven co-defendants were in...