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Syria airstrikes spark Greek protests
As U.S. President Donald Trump said America was "locked and loaded" to strike more Syrian military targets, thousands of people protested in central Athens over airstrikes against the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Organized by the Greek Communist Party, demonstrators rallied in...
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New Democracy Leads Over SYRIZA by 14 Points in New Poll
New Democracy received 33% of voters' preference while SYRIZA gathered 19%, but the majority of participants are against snap elections, a new opinion poll shows.
The survey was conducted by Prorata on behalf of Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper, showing the...
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The Fatal December that Led to the Greek Civil War
"Δεκεμβριανά" (Dekemvriana, December events) is a crucial chapter in modern Greek history and signifies the beginning of the Greek Civil War and the long-lasting division of Greeks to "rightists" and "leftists."
The departure of the German occupation army in October...
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Greek Unions Protest Labor Reforms: 'Do Not Compromise With Poverty!'
On Monday evening the scene outside of the Greek parliament was a familiar one as some 7,000 trade union members gathered to protest in an effort to highlight the government's duty to protecting wages, pensions and to restore collective...
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KKE Chief for Tsipras: 'He Told Me He Can't Do Any of the Things He Promised'
"(Alexis Tsipras) told me clearly that he cannot do any of the things he promised to the Greek people," said the Greek Communist Party (KKE) chief Dimitris Koutsoumbas.
The KKE general secretary spoke to Skai radio about the private meeting...
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Greece's Political Leaders to Meet on Saturday to Discuss Pressing Issues
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called a meeting of party leaders on Saturday at noon to discuss pressing issues ahead of the vote in parliament of the reforms required by the bailout program.
Party leaders have reluctantly accepted to...
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KKE Leader: Reorganisation of Working Classes Movement our Only Hope
PAME (labour union affiliated to Communist Party) organised on Saturday an anti-memorandum and anti-fascist rally in downtown Athens Omonia square.
Greek Communist party (KKE) leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas in his address said that "our only hope and prospect is the reorganisation...
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Dimitris Koutsoumpas New Greek Communist Chief
After the conclusion of the works by the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) the Central Committee published the following statement:
"The works of the 19th Congress of the KKE have been concluded with the election of...
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Greek Communist Party Hangs Banners at Athens' Acropolis Rock
Greek communist party members hung banners in Greek and English denouncing EU policies under the temple of Parthenon at Athens' Acropolis Rock on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.
Fifty members entered the archaeological site and hung banners at the northeast side...