ATHENS – In a scenario that shows just how divided Greece is, political leaders who tried to form a coalition government in the wake of the May 6 stalemated elections were at each other’s throats in diatribe so vicious that the talks collapsed and a frustrated President Karolos Papoulias told them they were done, setting [...]
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Pikramenos to Lead Soured Greeks Ahead of June 17 Elections
ATHENS – With the collapse of talks to form a coalition government in the wake of the May 6 stalemated elections that failed to give any party a mandate to rule, Greece has come under the temporary control of a caretaker government ahead of new polls on June 17. The leader will be Council of [...]
Greek President’s Office Says Kammenos Lied About Document
ATHENS – The office of Greek President Karolos Papoulias said Independent Greeks party leader Panos Kammenos had given the President a document offering to join a coalition government before talks broke down and was not telling the truth when he denied it. Kammenos, a New Democracy outcast whose new party finished fourth among the seven [...]
SYRIZA Surges in Polls, Sun Setting on Golden Dawn
ATHENS – Greece’s rising political leader of the left, 37-year-old Alexis Tsipras, whose refusal to back a coalition government in favor of more austerity measures, has taken his SYRIZA party into the lead for prospective new elections, a poll shows. SYRIZA finished a surprise second in the May 6 elections that were won by the [...]
Venizelos Fires His Advisors, Wants Overhaul of ‘Rotten’ PASOK
ATHENS – After leading his party to its worst-showing in elections since it was founded in 1974, new PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos has put the onus on his political council, forcing their resignation after a scathing speech in which he said PASOK is “rotten” and needs to be rebuilt, preferably by bringing in new [...]
Coalition Hopes Fade, New Elections Seem Likely
ATHENS – With Europe and world markets watching anxiously, Greece’s hopes of forming a coalition government were deadlocked in debate over whether to stick to austerity measures demanded by international lenders in return for two bailouts of $325 billion keeping the country’s economy alive. Greek Radical Left leader Tsipras says he has failed to forge a [...]
Tsipras Woos Partners But Says No Bailout Deal
ATHENS – Greece’s new power broker, SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras, is trying to form a coalition government in the wake of the country’s fractured election results, but has laid down tough conditions that would require a rejection of the deals that provided the country with a first rescue package of $152 billion in emergency [...]
Samaras Says He Can’t Form Coalition, SYRIZA’s Turn Is Next
ATHENS – New Democracy head Antonis Samaras, whose party finished first in the May 6 general elections but with less than 19 percent of the vote, said after less than a day of trying that he can’t form a coalition, setting off new jitters that Greece won’t be able to create a new government and [...]
Samaras, Venizelos Start Election Campaign Early
ATHENS – The date of the general election to choose a new Prime Minister will be announced next week, government officials said, but new PASOK Socialist party leader Evangelos Venizelos and his bitter rival New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras have already started jockeying for the position, even as polls show both major parties have [...]
Greece’s President Gives Up Salary; Blasts Germany’s Position
ATHENS – Watching Greeks having their pay cut and taxes hiked on orders of international lenders to keep rescue loans coming, President Karolos Papoulias said he will give up his annual salary of 300,000 euros, some $392,000, and blasted German officials who said Greece can’t be trusted to carry out terms of a new bailout [...]
Greece’s Interim Leader? …. To Be Continued
ATHENS – After three days of political feuding that angered Greeks worried whether it would jeopardize international rescue loans, a new coalition government was said to have been formed with Parliament Speaker Filippos Petsalnikos, a political unknown outside Greece, reportedly named the caretaker Prime Minister to deal with the problem of securing continuing aid and [...]
Papandreou to Step Down-New PM and Government to Be Announced Today
After backtracking numerous times and repeatdely sending out conflicting signals about[...]
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05 / 24 EU Leaders Tell Greek Voters to Make “The Right Choice”
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05 / 23 A Crisis of Democracy: Greece
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05 / 23 Fearing Eurozone Exit, More Greeks Stop Paying Taxes
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05 / 23 Market Watch: ‘If Greece Exits Eurozone, Replace It With Turkey’
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05 / 23 Pilot Program Allows Immediate Visa for Turkish Tourists on Arrival to Greek Islands
Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Thessaloniki: 50 Year Anniversary Commemorated of Seferis Literature Nobel Prize May 23, 2012
- ‘Doctors of the World’ International Conference to be Held in Greece May 22, 2012
- Crete is a Mediterranean ‘Treasure’ of Aromatic Plants and Herbs May 22, 2012
- Crete to Export Products to Australia May 21, 2012
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