US. film director and radical political activist Oliver Stone met Greece’s major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras at Croatia’s Subfersive film festival in Zagreb. The two shared an idolatry of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Tsipiras was at the festival to talk about the role of the Left [...]
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Blogger’s Outing Pits ND Vs. SYRIZA
The revelation of the name of an anonymous blogger by an advisor to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, led the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) to charge a breach of privacy. SYRIZA said that Giorgos Mouroutis took the name of the blogger, Pitsirikos, from a list on [...]
New Democracy, SYRIZA Still Neck-and-Neck
Continuing a trend of recent polls that shows virtually no difference in support for the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives and their major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA,) the two parties remain essentially deadlocked. But Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the ND leader, is a runaway choice to remain the country’s leader, with 46 [...]
SYRIZA Keeps Slim Lead Over New Democracy
Greece’s major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party continues to keep a razor-thin margin over the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, although he holds a commanding margin over his leftist rival, Alexis Tsipras, two new polls show. One poll, by Kappa research for To Vima’s Sunday newspaper, puts support [...]
Tsipras Urges Cyprus To Reject Bailout
Greece’s major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras has called on the Cypriot Parliament to vote down a deal offered by international lenders that calls for a tax of up to 9.9 percent on savings accounts to help pay for a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) bailout. He said that met [...]
Visiting N.Y., Tsipras Calls For EU Debt Summit
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party that is battling for the lead in polls with the New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, told the New York Times that he wants all European heads of state to hold a summit to ease crushing austerity measures [...]
Schaeuble Tells Tsipras No Option to Austerity
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Greek leftist opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras on Jan. 14 that there won’t be any changes to the tough austerity program being pursued by the conservative-led government, conditions that Tsipras said he would scrap if he ever takes power even though he hasn’t offered [...]
Tsipras Wants Bailout Terms Revised
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) part has reiterated his demand that international lenders change the terms of their harsh conditions put on Greece in return for bailouts keeping the economy from collapsing, a prospect that could push Greece out of the Eurozone. In an interview with Deutsche [...]
Golden Dawn, Suleiman Head Wikipedia’s Greek Hits
Based on data collected from an international survey carried out to provide details related to Wikipedia’s most visited entries (the most popular free Internet encyclopedia worldwide), the second most popular wiki of the year 2012 visited by Greeks is the Golden Dawn page, followed by Suleiman the Magnificent. Greece was the number one entry visited. [...]
SYRIZA Talks with Brazilian President
Leaders of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) held a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, in which they discussed the global economic crisis, the Greek party reported. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras thanked Rousseff for Brazil’s support of international institutions, and praised the government’s work to strengthen social cohesion, democratic development and the fight against poverty. [...]
Greece’s Richest And Poorest Politicians
While Greeks are suffering through a crushing economic crisis in the wake of 2 1/2 years of pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions, the lawmakers who have approved the government-imposed austerity measures are mostly luxuriating in riches, according to their annual declaration of wealth statements, known in Greek as ‘pothen esches.’ Greece’s Parliament is [...]
Tsipras Demands Greek Debt Conference Like Post-War Germany
Greece’s main left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras called Thursday for a one-off international conference to write off Greek debt similar to a 1953 London deal on German war reparations. Tsipras made the call during a press conference at the European Parliament, warning that a third and even possibly a fourth Greek EU-IMF bailout for Greece [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Crete Hosts Talks On Ancient Novels May 23, 2013
- Velos Mutiny Honored in Special Ceremony May 23, 2013
- Contemporary Theatrical Adaptation of Homer’s Iliad May 22, 2013
- A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum May 22, 2013
