Michelakis
Crime
Racism Bill Will Go To Parliament
An anti-racism bill opposed by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and aimed at curbing the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will go to Parliament for consideration despite his objections, PASOK and Democratic Left (DIMAR,) the junior parties in Greece’s conservative-led coalition...
Celebrities
Onassis' Will Clouds Skorpios' Sale
The sale of the late tycoon Aristotle Onassis' private island of Skorpios by his granddaughter Athina to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, who reportedly bought it for his daughter Ekaterina, will be reviewed by the Greek Council of State to...
Economy
Tsipras and Samaras Debating Over the Debate Ends the Debate
ATHENS – After tossing barbs at each other from afar, through press releases and using go-betweens, it looks like a much-anticipated debate set for June 11 between Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy...
Economy
Samaras Challenges Tsipras: Let's Debate on TV
ATHENS – With their parties in a virtual deadlock for first place in the June 17 elections that could decide Greece’s fate, New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras has challenged Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) head Alexis Tsipras to...
Economy
Banks Want Technocrats to Run Greece, Not Politicians
ATHENS – As Greeks were set to vote on May 6 for a new government that could be another coalition administration, the country’s international lenders said if a stalemate results, that if a fragmented coalition government is elected without...
Economy
Papandreou Defends Record, Won’t Give Up PASOK Reins Yet
ATHENS – Even as the PASOK Socialist party his father founded 30 years ago, which has dominated Greek politics since, has sunk to single-digit support and is rapidly sliding toward oblivion, former Prime Minister George Papandreou said he won’t...