Politics

The President of Israel Shimon Peres will pay a state visit to Cyprus November 2-4. According to the preliminary programme, the Israeli President is expected to have a tete-a-tete with President Demetris Christofias, followed by an official meeting between delegations...

Greece’s Parliament began a three-day debate on a confidence motion in the government of Prime Minister George Papandreou in Athens today, according to statements from Parliament Speaker Filipos Petsalnikos. The debate will conclude by midnight on Nov. 4 and will...

Antonis Samaras, leader of Nea Dimocratia - the main opposition party in Greece (centre-right) - today essentially opened the electoral campaign when addressing his party's parliamentary group, asking the current government ''to leave as soon as possible, because it...

As Europe demands an explanation from Greece's prime minister for his decision to hold a referendum on the latest EU bailout, voters are warned that a rejection of the rescue plan is a rejection of the euro all together. Germany's...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urges the Greek government to carry out as quickly as possible the planned referendum over the country΄s latest bailout package, according to an interview Wednesday in Hamburger Abendblatt. "It would be helpful to obtain clarity...

Greek Prime Minister fought off a barrage of criticism to win the backing of his cabinet Wednesday to push ahead with a referendum. Greece's cabinet voted Wednesday to support George Papandreou's call to hold a public vote as soon...

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s surprise announcement will ask voters to decide the fate of international bailout loans and his wobbly Administration through a referendum sent shock waves through the markets, rattling Wall Street, angering European leaders who just...

Prime Minister George Papandreou will travel to Cannes tomorrow to discuss developments in Greece with leaders of the Group of 20, a Greek government official said. Papandreou, who spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel today, is travelling to the meeting...

Health Minister Andreas Loverdos will tell Prime Minister George Papandreou his call for a referendum is wrong and it shouldn’t be held, Proto Thema newspaper reported, without saying how it got the information. Loverdos, and two other members of...

Six senior members of the ruling party called on Prime Minister George Papandreou to step down, state-run Athens News Agency reported, without citing anyone. The members of the Pasok National Council sent a joint letter to Papandreou saying the country...

A Greek governing party deputy defected on Tuesday over Prime Minister George Papandreou's sudden decision to hold a referendum on a European debt deal, leaving the Socialists with only a two-seat majority in parliament. Socialist MP Milena Apostolaki declared herself...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was reported to be “dismayed” by the news that Papandreou would call a referendum on the bailout deal. Sources close to Sarkozy said, “The Greek’s gesture is irrational and, from their point of view, dangerous.”...

Ratings says that the announcement by the Prime Minister of Greece of a public referendum to approve the economic and financial conditions associated with the new EU-IMF programme, including the debt restructuring under the 'private sector involvement' (PSI),...

General elections are a ''national necessity,'' Antonis Samaras, the leader of the main opposition New Democracy party told reporters following his meeting with President Karolos Papaoulias in Athens on Tuesday. In a brief statement to the press, the leader of...

A leader in Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition said on Tuesday he was "irritated" to hear Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou had called a referendum on the EU bailout deal for his country. Rainer Bruederle, parliamentary floor leader for the...