Appearing with Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRZA) at a Croatian film festival, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek said anyone who doesn’t support the party should be sent to a gulag, political prisoner detention camps. That would be the majority of Greeks who oppose SYRIZA. The pair [...]
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Quick Quits Independent Greeks Spokesman
Former TV presenter Terence Quick has resigned as Parliamentary spokesman for the Independent Greeks, a minor political party that has almost no influence and is an offshoot of the ruling New Democracy Conservatives. In a letter to party leader Panos Kammenos, Quick said that he would remain as a lawmaker. He did not cite any [...]
Kouvelis Wants A New Cabinet
Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis, one of Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras’ coalition government, said he thinks there should be a shakeup of ministers but didn’t say if he wants any of his members to be in a new Greek cabinet. He outlined his thoughts on the current government in [...]
SYRIZA, New Democracy Clash Over Golden Dawn
Greece’s main political parties continue to be befuddled on how to deal with the rising influence of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, with Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative party leader Antonis Samaras’ government backing off an anti-racism bill and saying that the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has “many similarities,” [...]
SYRIZA Back In The Lead Over ND
The major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), in a horse race with the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives for popular support, has eked out a narrow lead over the rivals in a new poll, although the two are still are essentially tied as they have been in a slew of recent surveys. [...]
New Democracy Takes Slim Lead Over SYRIZA
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s New Democracy (ND) Conservatives continued to hold a lead over the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) but by less than 1 percent in a poll conducted by the Marc/Alpha agency. ND had 21.6 percent with SYRIZA at 20.7 percent. The poll showed the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn still [...]
Samaras Orders Teachers To Work Exams
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, for the third time this year, will reportedly issue a civil mobilization order forcing civil servants to work, this one against teachers before they could even begin a strike that would have postponed the Panhellenic university entrance exams on May 17 and the following week. The previous orders were directed [...]
Corruption Prosecutors Quit, Hand Over Cases
Ongoing investigators into a myriad of corruption cases in Greece are being turned over to new special prosecutors after the two men handling them, Spyros Mouzakitis and Grigoris Peponis – who had ruffled feathers with their aggressive stance against wrongdoing – decided to step aside, declining an offer to stay in their jobs. Mouzakitis and [...]
IMF Says Greek Elite Still Protected
After an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report found that Greece was making progress in overhauling its public finances and competitiveness, the government was left to explain why there’s been little change in public administration and the failure to go after tax cheats. Writing at the end of a review of the Greek fiscal adjustment program, [...]
Dendias Says Golden Dawn Could Be Banned
After the European Union’s human rights chief said that there’s enough evidence of violence being perpetrated by the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that has 18 seats in Parliament to outlaw the group, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said the government is looking into whether that could be done. Speaking to Real News weekly, Dendias suggested [...]
Greek Lifetime Job Guarantee In Peril
With the coming firing of 15,000 workers, it seemed that Greece was finally going to bend to demands from international lenders to reduce its bloated public workforce – except that it’s going to hire 15,000 younger workers to replace them. Still, the government said it will pare the number of civil servant jobs enough through [...]
Venizelos Squeezed To Oust Papandreou
PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos has reportedly been urged by party members to eject former Prime Minister George Papandreou, the man he replaced, for alleged financial mismanagement over 114 million euros ($149.2 million) in funds reportedly missing from party coffers during a time when Papandreou headed the party and was said to have approved expenditures. [...]
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- Greek-By-Choice Pedro Olalla Honored May 20, 2013
- AHEPA Day Celebration Hosted In Athens May 20, 2013
- Greek Gastronomy Days At Benaki Museum May 20, 2013
- Open Call for Greek Designers May 19, 2013
