The Greek elections are finally over (one more time) and a new government has been formed aiming at leading the country out of the crisis. Party leaders have attracted international media attention for quite a long time now, but as the saying goes, “behind ever successful man, there is a good woman.” Now the [...]
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Parliament, 1/5 Women for First Time Ever
For the first time in the history of the Greek Parliament, 20% of MPs will be women. On the basis of the June 17 election results, the number of women in Parliament rose by 2.7% than that in 2009 to comprise 60 out of 300. The parliamentary group with the highest percentage (35% and seven women) is [...]
Lagarde: IMF Team to Head to Greece As Soon As Government is Formed
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will send a team to Greece to review the country’s stumbling rescue program as soon as a new government is formed, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said Tuesday. “We will wait until a government is announced,” Lagarde said according to AFP at the G-20 summit in Mexico΄s Los Cabos seaside [...]
Half of Police Force Votes for Chrysi Avgi Again
Despite the violent behavior of some of the MPs of Greece’s far-right party Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) and the numerous cases of attacks on immigrants reported in Athens and other Greek cities, almost one out of every two policemen voted for the party with pro-Nazi tendencies in last Sunday’s elections, as they had on May [...]
Election Boosts Markets But Worries Remain
World stock markets were propelled higher on Monday morning on relief that pro-bailout parties in Greece had secured a narrow victory in the election re-run over the weekend. But there was concern that the rally would prove shortlived, amid continued fears that debt-laden Greece will ultimately be forced out of the eurozone. “The challenges facing [...]
New Democracy Conservatives Win Greek Election: Final Results
The pro-austerity New Democracy Conservatives won the critical June 17 elections, edging out the anti-austerity Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) but without enough of the vote to form a majority government, thus necessitating a coalition. As central banks stood ready to intervene in case of financial turmoil, Greece held its second national election in [...]
Sigh of Relief at G20 Summit Over Greek Election
Leaders of the world’s largest economies began to assemble Sunday in a Baja California desert resort just as Greece’s pro-bailout New Democracy party won the national elections, a vote for the financial status quo that could keep panic under control at least for now. A vote against the pro-bailout party could have forced Greece to [...]
Polling Station in Athens Attacked During Election
Police say about 10 men armed with sledgehammers and wooden bats have attacked a polling station during Greece’s election, wounding two policemen guarding it and setting fire to the ballot box. No voters were hurt during the attack Sunday, which occurred half an hour before polls closed in the crucial election, which could determine whether [...]
Guido Westerwelle: Greece Must Keep Its Promises
On the evening of a Greek election crucial to the future of the euro, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle joined other German politicians in a pledge to help Greece on Sunday, but warned that the new government must stick to the strict austerity program in order to receive financial aid. “We are ready to help [...]
The Election That Could Change the Global Economic Landscape Have Begun
Ballots have opened nationwide in Greece for a critical general election that will determine whether the debt-laden country will complete painful austerity reform or see its eurozone future jeopardized. Some 9.8 million Greeks began voting at 7am local time on Sunday in what is expected to be a close contest between the pro-bailout New Democracy [...]
Merkel: Hope Greek Election Will Produce a Government that Keeps Promises to Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes Greeks will elect a new government that stands by the country’s promises to international creditors in this weekend’s election. Greeks vote Sunday amid fears the country could be forced out of the euro if they reject strict austerity measures and structural reforms demanded in return for rescue loans [...]
Εx-PM Papandreou: Samaras and Tsipras, “Two Sides of Same Coin”
With two days until the elections in the country, Greece’s former Prime Minister, George Papandreou, has made an appeal to the Greek people, saying that the country’s current objective must be to implement widespread reforms. Writing on his personal website, Papandreou said that Greece “must demonstrate to its partners credibility and a capacity of solvency, [...]
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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
