Democratic Left
Greece
Immigrants Press Children's Greek Citizenship
Immigrant children living in Greece made their case for citizenship on Feb. 27 at a news conference held at the offices of the Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers, under the title Citizenship for All Children.
"We claim citizenship...
Economy
Four PASOK MP’s Return to Fold
As he approaches a critical party congress and challenges to his leadership, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos has allowed four Members of Parliament he had ejected for not following his orders to support austerity measures to come back to...
Greece
Hollande Pushes Investment In Greece
French President François Hollande, visiting Athens during a media blackout and a day ahead of a general strike against austerity, gave his support to the harsh conditions he opposes in his own country and said he wanted more French...
Economy
Coalition Talks Jobs, But No Answers
The leaders of Greece’s coalition government met on Feb. 18 to discuss the country’s record 27 percent unemployment rate and how to protect the country’s most vulnerable sector who have been the most affected by austerity measures, but nobody...
Greece
SYRIZA Reclaims Lead Over New Democracy
While nearly a statistical dead-heat, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has taken a minimal lead of 0.9% over the New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, in a poll published by the newspaper...
Economy
Samaras' Next Targets: Strikers, Workers
Having crushed workers strikes with riot police, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras wants to make it tougher for workers to walk off the job and is setting his sights on reducing Greece’s hugely redundant civil servant sector.
Under continued pressure...
Economy
Strike Law Change Splits Greek Coalition
Greece’s wobbly coalition is showing further signs of strain after the PASOK Socialists and tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR) objected to plans to make it more difficult for workers to strike.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras heads a government that is led...
Cyprus
Simitis Says Greece Needs New Debt Cut
Despite a $134 billion debt write-down last year and new international loans pouring in, Greece’s economy is still in such bad shape that the country needs another debt reduction, former prime minister Costas Simitis said he believes.
In an interview...
Economy
Democratic Left Loses Another Defector
The tiny Democratic Left, one of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ coalition government partners with his New Democracy Conservatives and the PASOK Socialists, has lost another Member of Parliament who quit because he said it has betrayed its principles.
At a...
Economy
Samaras Relents, Farmers Offered Concessions
A meeting of the political leaders of Greece’s tripartite coalition government has reportedly agreed to relent to demands of protesting farmers to roll back Value Added Taxes on their products and equipment and give them cheap nighttime electricity as...