PASOK
Economy
Tsipras Says More Austerity “Final Blow” for Greece
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is trying to persuade his reluctant coalition partners to go along with a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras...
Greece
Former Athens Mayor Dimitris Beis Passes Away
Dimitris Beis, a former Athens mayor, has passed away at 84 years old. Beis studied Law at the university of Athens and did his master studies in Paris. In 1961 he joined “anendotos agonas,” a political party led by...
Greece
Golden Dawn Leader Says They’re Not Nazis
The head of the far-right extremist party Golden Dawn, which showcases Hitler’s Mein Kampf and who has used the Heil salute, has denied it has a Nazi orientation and claimed it is being ostracized by the media and in...
Economy
Not So Fast: Troika Says No Deal Yet
Greece’s international lenders have rebuffed Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras’ declaration that Greece had concluded a deal with its international lenders on a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan needed to release a delayed $38.8 billion installment to...
Economy
Greek Reaches Deal With Troika, Two More Years
Less than a day after the partners in Greece’s coalition government objected to changes in labor rights as part of a pending $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan pushed by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, there has reportedly...
Economy
Samaras Tries to Keep Coalition Intact
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ uneasy coalition showed another crack on Oct. 23 when Democratic Left head Fotis Kouvelis said he would not go along with radical changes in labor rights included in a $17.45 billion spending cut and...
Economy
Samaras Pushes Hard for a Budget Deal
With his coalition government splintering, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will meet his coalition partners on Oct. 23 for talks on trying to finalize a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike package that has been stalled for months,...
Greece
Good Riddance, Venizelos, We Knew You Too Well
It’s almost impossible to overstate how much of a bloated opinion PASOK Anti-Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos has of himself, even as he is taking the party toward the dustbin of history. Three years ago, PASOK won the elections with...
Economy
As PASOK Fades, Venizelos Backs Austerity
With his party falling toward oblivion, PASOK Socialist leader is continuing to defend his support of austerity measures but, in an interview with Sunday’s Kathimerini, refused to say whether he would change his mind and allow some of his...
Greece
Poll Shows Golden Dawn Rising, PASOK Vanishing
The three parties in Greece’s uneasy coalition government are paying a high price for their unremitting support of more austerity measures, with polls showing the ruling New Democracy Conservatives have fallen behind the major opposition Coalition of the Radical...