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Kos Residents Attack Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos

Residents on the Greek island of Kos cannot bear the situation any longer. Over the last month, thousands of undocumented migrants and refugees have arrived on the island, however there is no place where they can be accommodated. The crowd...

Greek Political Parties React to Snap Elections

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' resignation and subsequent proclamation of snap elections in Greece on Thursday evening, prompted the reaction of the Greek political parties, even before the prime minister's official statement. ANEL Prior to Tsipras' proclamation, the Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos, Tsipras'...

Greek Main Opposition to Support New Rescue Plan

Greek main opposition New Democracy will vote in favor of the agreement signed between Greece and its creditors, the party’s parliamentary group concluded after a seven-hour meeting on Thursday. "All lawmakers decided that New Democracy, as a party representing responsibility and consistency,...

Unknown Assailants Bomb Greek Businessman's House

Greek businessman Theodoros Savvaidis became the target of a group of unknown assailants who bombed his home in Vouliagmeni, near Athens, at 11:35 pm on Monday, August 3. According to the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, the initial reports claimed that...

Greek Main Opposition Leader: The New Measures Were Signed by The Current Govt

Evangelos Meimarakis is officially the President of Greek main opposition New Democracy, at least until the spring of 2016. On Friday, Meimarakis, who had taken over as the party's interim President since Antonis Samaras resigned, addressed the party’s Political Committee where he spoke about...

Greek PM Tsipras Allegedly Asked Russia for $10 Bln to Print Drachmas

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for 10 billion dollars in order to print drachmas, according to newspaper "To Vima." The newspaper report cited Tsipras saying in his last major interview to Greek national broadcaster ERT that "in order for...

Fires in Greece Raise Arson Suspicion – One Man Found Dead in Ymittos

The 79 fires that broke out on Friday in Greece have left one person dead, threatened various residential areas and raised suspicions about the causes of the outbreaks. Firefighters and police officers found a completely carbonised body of man in the Kareas area of Ymittos on...

ANEL Leader Kammenos: We Support the Government

Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos stated on Tuesday that "what happened in Europe was a coup d'etat. The Greek prime minister was blackmailed to agree on a text totally different of what agreed at the political leaders meeting" he...

Greek Defense Minister: This Bailout Deal Is a Coup

The first signs of dismay -but not necessarily of a crack- in the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government regarding the 86-billion-euro bailout deal appeared just a few hours after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed with international creditors in Brussels. Defense Minister and Independent Greeks (ANEL)...

Four ANEL Lawmakers Likely to Vote Against Proposals

Reports have surfaced that during Friday's parliament vote, four Independent Greeks (ANEL) lawmakers will reject the proposals the Greek government submitted to its international creditors on Thursday. Lawmakers Pavlos Haikalis, Stavroula Ksoulidou, Harisios Katanas and Nikos Mavraganis will reportedly vote...