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Greek Police arrested the publisher and the director of “Parapolitika” newspaper on Tuesday following a lawsuit filed against them for libel and attempted extortion by ANEL leader and government coalition partner Panos Kammenos. The publisher, Ioannis Kourtakis, said in...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday addressed his parliamentary group, expressing his concern over national issues. "The Cyprus talks have intensified. We support with all our strength President Anastasiades' efforts but we are concerned over the other...

A new opinion poll, this time on behalf of government-friendly Avgi newspaper, shows that only 14% of participants believe that the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition is suitable to run the country. The survey that was conducted by Public Issue on behalf of...

On Thursday, Greek Education Minister, Nikos Filis spoke in Parliament directly to those who oppose constructing a mosque in Athens. The plans for the project that would see a mosque built in the Athens suburb of Votanikos have been delayed...

Independent Greeks (ANEL), the junior coalition partner, voted against a provision that will speed up the construction of a mosque in Votanikos, an area outside Athens, during a debate in the relevant parliamentary committees on Wednesday. The provision is included...

Television channels that appealed to Greece's top administrative court over a law passed in October to reduce the number of nationwide TV stations to four sought an injunction from the State Council so that the procedure could be delayed...

  The new development law was voted in principle by the Greek Parliament on Thursday. 152 deputies of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks voted for the bill while all the other political parties voted against (101 votes) and the deputies of the...

A new opinion poll registers the pessimism of Greeks regarding their government's capabilities as eight out of ten participants believe the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition is incapable of putting an end to austerity. The poll was conducted by ALCO on behalf of...

Greek right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos, the junior partner of the leftist SYRIZA government, appeared on TV Presenter George Papadakis' morning show on Friday. He criticized many of the measures voted through in Greek Parliament stating that...

The first opinion poll conducted after the legislation of the new austerity measures in Greece, shows New Democracy at 7.5% ahead of SYRIZA. The poll on intention to vote was conducted by ALCO on behalf of Proto Thema Sunday newspaper...