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Anarchy at Home Blows Up Tsipras' U.S. Tour

That noise you heard when a bomb exploded at the Athens Mall was any chance that Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras ever had of becoming Greece’s leader, not that he had one anyway. With his party...

Riot Police Break Metro Strike, Subway Reopens

Greek riot police in the early morning of Jan. 25 stormed the Athens subway train depot, where striking workers had barricaded themselves in attempting to continue their 8-day strike. Police broke through the gates and removed dozens of strikers....

Two Ex-Ministers Didn't Declare Wealth

Former PASOK Socialist Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou and former New Democracy deputy Economy and Finance Minister Petros Doukas from the New Democracy Conservative party are to face charges in civil court they didn’t declare all their wealth, as required...

New Democracy Ekes Out Lead Over SYRIZA

The ruling New Democracy Conservatives are in a neck-and-neck battle with the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party among Greeks, who also are split over whether the government has done enough to catch tax evaders and...

Golden Dawn Gets EU Human Rights Seat

The wife of Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn leader has been allowed to join the Council of Europe, a human rights organization, despite her denunciation of immigrants as “subhuman” and as the party is being blamed for rising incidents of...

Papandreou, Loverdos Spar Over Bailout Claims

A former minister in then Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's Cabinet in 2010 said he and two other colleagues were opposed to the bailout the Premier sought from the International Monetary Fund, an assertion that Papandreou said was untrue. Andreas...

Bomb Explodes in Athens Mall – Two Injured

There was an explosion a little before 11 a.m. at The Mall commercial center in the upscale Athens neighborhood of Marousi, a bombing that came in the wake of a similar attack outside the homes of four journalists and...

New Democracy, SYRIZA in Dead Heat

After jockeying for position and power among voters, Greece's ruling coalition party, the New Democracy Conservatives and major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) are tied in a poll that shows nearly two-thirds of Greeks are pessimistic...

Papaconstantinou Probe Gets Fast Track

The Greek government isn’t wasting time going after former finance minister George Papaconstantinou over his handling of a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts. A Parliamentary committee is expected to be appointed on Jan. 21 to look...

Greek Politics: The Worst Show on Earth

As political freak shows go, you just can't beat Greece, especially when the Three-Ring Circus known as the Parliament in session, if only to see workers paid thousands of euros a month walking around handing out glasses of water...