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SYRIZA Tries To Find Its Roots

Greece's major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRZA) on July 10 began a five-day conference hoping to unify its diversified base and find common ground against the government of Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative party...

SYRIZA Spokesman Says Venizelos "Big Liar"

The heated Parliamentary debate that ended in a vote to investigate former finance minister George Papaconstantinou over the removal of three of his relatives names from a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts is still going on. Panos...

Gunmen Shoot at Greek Prime Minister's Office

Greece’s political parties engaged in disputes over political violence on Jan. 14 after at least nine shots were fired at the Athens headquarters of New Democracy, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ party which is overseeing a wobbly coalition with the...

Papaconstantinou Blames Venizelos Over Lagarde List

Former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou, who was ejected from the PASOK Socialist party after charges emerged that the names of three of his relatives were removed from a list of more than 2,000 Greeks with deposits in a...

Amid Unrest, Greeks Question EU's Nobel Prize

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union has stunned many Greeks who have been caught in more than 2 ½ years of protests, strikes and riots against austerity measures they blame European leaders for imposing...

SYRIZA Says Samaras Submissive to Merkel, Troika

After maintaining a curiously low profile while the uneasy coalition government led by New Democracy Conservative leader and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras readies another $14.16 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders – aimed squarely at workers, pensioners and...

Samaras Changes His Mind Again: No Bailout Renegotiations

ATHENS – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who during the campaign before the June 17 elections said he would seek renegotiations of bailout deals with international lenders – but after being elected said he wouldn’t – then said he...