Politics

Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras promised on Sunday to cut taxes and increase social spending, without missing the targets set by international lenders, if he wins the May 6 national election. Samaras, the front runner in the race, has often...

ATHENS - For nearly two years, Greeks have rallyed against pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions imposed by the government as a condition of getting bailouts from international lenders, protesting and rioting and striking and vowing to throw...

ATHENS – PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, whose party is floundering in the polls, said if elected Prime Minister in the May 6 elections he would push international lenders who have imposed austerity measures on Greece that he supported...

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on April 18 that Greece could return to growth if it sticks to reforms demanded by international lenders, a formula similar to what interim Prime Minister Lucas...

ATHENS – He is perhaps Greece’s most outspoken politician, and as he readies to retire, veteran PASOK Socialist Theodoros Pangalos still isn’t mincing his words, nor eating them, and said he’s standing by his statement that all Greeks are...

ATHENS – With their parties floundering in the polls as May 6 elections approach, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras has again asked Greeks to give him a mandate to rule the country outright. His bitter rival, PASOK Socialist leader...

ATHENS – Former Defense Minister and a founding member of the PASOK Socialist party Akis Tsochatzopoulos - who has been charged in connection with a money laundering scheme prosecutors said he used to hide millions of euros in secret...

"Choose4Greece" is a digital platform created by academics to advise Greeks which political party they should vote for in the upcoming elections on May 6. The platform gives voters the opportunity to "debate" with their own opinion and decide which political...

Cypriot government spokesman Stephanos Stephanou said that Plan B for a solution to the Cyprus issue that Ankara is advertising is against international law and violates UN resolutions. Stephanou made the remark after being invited to comment on a report...

ATHENS – A Greek prosecutor decided on Monday to jail a former defense minister pending trial on money laundering charges in a high-profile case against a politician facing decades of corruption scandals. Charged with stealing millions of dollars from arms...

ATHENS - With only three weeks to woo voters before the May 6 election, Greece's political parties will try to rally support beginning this week in a campaign to elect a new Prime Minister and government amid rising anger...

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...

Elections on May 6 fascinate European journalists because after many years, there is the possibility for the two big political parties not getting enough votes, and therefore, not having a one-party government. According to polls, six parties are expected to enter the...

ATHENS – A hundred years ago, Omonia Square was filled with trees and benches and was a beckoning oasis in the middle of the city. Later, there was a fountain, before it was removed in 2000, disappearing just like...

Greek socialist MP and former minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos will spend Easter Sunday in jail. The former minister, who was arrested on Wednesday morning, will be led this coming Monday to Judge Gabriel Malis in order to apologize for the incriminating...