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New Democracy Opens Lead Over SYRIZA

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' relentless drumbeat that he has saved Greece from economic  collapse, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, nonetheless is paying off as a poll by the MRB agency shows his New Democracy Conservatives have...

Kasidiaris Says Holocaust Fiction

The spokesman and a Member of Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Ilias Kasidiaris, whipped up controversy while addressing the body after he suggested that he - like his party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos -  is a Holocaust denier. During...

New Democracy Holds Onto Slim Lead

The ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras continue to maintain a narrow edge over the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) part in the latest poll, which pretty much mirrors the last  couple that...

Samaras Tells Finns Greeks Not Fascists

With his government immobilized over how to deal with the rising neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party accused of attacks on immigrants and with its strong anti-Semitic, anti-gay, ultra-religious stance, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told a Finnish newspaper during his...

Venizelos, Kouvelis Block Debtor Loan Relief

Another rift has developed in the Greek coalition government with PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left (DIMAR) chief Fotis Kouvelis trying to delay a bill that would let Greeks buried under pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed...

Golden Dawn Bill Goes After Immigrants

With the Greek government paralyzed by indecision over four separate anti-racism bills aimed squarely at the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the extremists have hit back with their own proposal that seeks penalties against immigrants - their target - who...

Greek Police To Check MP's, Gun Owners

After incidents involving gun-carrying Members of Parliament sparked warnings that someone might be shot, Greek police said they will have a special three-member committee check all the gun licenses issued in the country to make sure the people who...

Golden Dawn Airport Gun Firing

Panic prevailed at Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, shortly before three in the afternoon of May 30 when the gun of Antonis Gregos, Golden Dawn deputy, went off while he boarding Aegean’s flight 510 to Thessaloniki. According to the procedure,...

Black Panthers Will Fight Golden Dawn

Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which critics said have been beating immigrants with impunity as the government is frozen over what to do, will find itself squaring off with people who fight back. Black immigrants in Greece - many of...

New Democracy Opens Gap On SYRIZA

With international aid pouring in, investor confidence rising, and tourists returning in record numbers, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)'s anti-austerity message is losing its edge with the party falling further behind the ruling New...