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Greek FinMin Underperforming due to Elections

Everything in the Greek Finance Ministry, located at the very heart of Athens, in Syntagma Square, Greece , seems to have stopped ahead of the elections, putting at risk anything (major or minor) that has been achieved during the...

Election Candidates Switch Parties to Save Their Skin, Not Greece

The January 25 elections are considered the most important in modern Greek history. Then again, a look back in previous elections will show that Press and candidates say the same about every election since the return of democracy in Greece...

Greek PM: 'We are all Charlie'

Expressing optimism that his party New Democracy (ND) would win the elections at the northern suburb of Maroussi, Greece, on Thursday, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras reiterated his pledge of no further cuts in wages and pensions and focused...

New Democracy and SYRIZA to Announce Greek Election Ballots

Under the presidency of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras meets tomorrow New Democracy's executive secretariat in order to finalize the ratification of the party's election ballots, which will shortly after be published. According to reports, the renewal in the nominations reaches...

Greek Deputy PM Venizelos Labels PM Samaras 'Immoral' Due to MP's Transfer

With a letter to the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the president of PASOK, Evangelos Venizelos expressed his disapproval over the transfer of PASOK’s MP in Corfu, Angela Gerekou to New Democracy. Venizelos wrote in his letter that he never...

Four New Polls Show SYRIZA Leading Steadily

Four new opinion polls show SYRIZA leading steadily, but percentage differences between the opposition party and New Democracy are decreasing. Smaller parties are shrinking, fighting for third place. While four parties are fighting for third place, the percentages of SYRIZA...

Greek PM: 'SYRIZA Serves the Interests of the Drachma Speculators'

A minority dragged Greece to elections that a majority did not want, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Wednesday in Chalkida, on the island of Evia, speaking of main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party, which he also...

Opinion Poll: SYRIZA With a 3.3% Lead Over New Democracy, Papandreou's Party Lower than 3%

A 3.3 percentage point lead of Greek main opposition SYRIZA against ruling New Democracy recorded a poll on behalf of weekly newspaper "To Pontiki" that will be published tomorrow. The poll was conducted among 1,000 Greeks over 18 years...

SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: My Greece Will Not Harm Europe

Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras attempted to ease the war of words regarding a possible "Grexit" in case his leftish party comes to power. With an article in Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera," just 18 days ahead of...

Greek Elections: And Now…. All Bets Are Off!

Threatening howls have risen from the halls of “united” Europe at the announcement of snap general elections in Greece, scheduled for January 25, 2015, – elections which, most likely, will bring to power the populist left-wing SYRIZA party.