Facing pressure from his coalition partners to get behind an anti-racism bill aimed at curbing the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras will meet with them on May 27. PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left (DIMAR) head Fotis Kouvelis, who almost always yield to whatever Samaras [...]
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Parliament Nixes Kasidiaris On Lifting Immunity
Facing prosecution for attacking two fellow Members of Parliament, a bid by Ilias Kasidiaris, spokesman for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party bid to have immunity lifted for the two female lawmakers he assaulted has been rejected by his colleagues. Kasidiaris was seen on live television last year throwing water in the face of Rena Dourou, [...]
Zizek Wants Gulags For SYRIZA Rivals
Appearing with Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRZA) at a Croatian film festival, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek said anyone who doesn’t support the party should be sent to a gulag, political prisoner detention camps. That would be the majority of Greeks who oppose SYRIZA. The pair [...]
Golden Dawn MP With Gun In Parliament
A Member of Parliament from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party who drove into the underground parking lot there with a gun on his passenger’s seat was asked by a police guard to put it away but drove on after telling him, “I prefer to get someone first, before they get me,” the newspaper Eleftherotypia reported. [...]
SYRIZA, New Democracy Clash Over Golden Dawn
Greece’s main political parties continue to be befuddled on how to deal with the rising influence of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, with Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative party leader Antonis Samaras’ government backing off an anti-racism bill and saying that the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has “many similarities,” [...]
Greek Teacher Exam Strike Fizzles
Greek teachers who had been ordered not to strike on the first day of university entrance exams, showed up to monitor the tests on May 17, giving up their plans to protest requirements for extra work without pay. They had said they would not work the exams but Prime Minister Antonis Samaras again invoked a [...]
SYRIZA MP Yelled “Heil Hitler!” In Parliament
After a contentious confrontation in the Greek Parliament that led to a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party being ejected for violating rules against insulting colleagues, it was reported that it was a leftist MP who yelled “Heil Hitler!” in mockery. Panayiotis Iliopoulos, was removed from a session on May 17 after using derogatory [...]
New Democracy Takes Slim Lead Over SYRIZA
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s New Democracy (ND) Conservatives continued to hold a lead over the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) but by less than 1 percent in a poll conducted by the Marc/Alpha agency. ND had 21.6 percent with SYRIZA at 20.7 percent. The poll showed the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn still [...]
Oliver Stone Wishes Tsipras Luck
US. film director and radical political activist Oliver Stone met Greece’s major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras at Croatia’s Subfersive film festival in Zagreb. The two shared an idolatry of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Tsipiras was at the festival to talk about the role of the Left [...]
Ex-SDOE Chief Copied Lagarde List
A former head of the Greek Financial Crimes Squad SDOE- refuting his own earlier testimony – has told a parliamentary committee investigating the handling of a list of 2,062 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that he was under the impression it couldn’t be used to vet for possible tax cheats. Yiannis [...]
SYRIZA Takes Lead Again Over ND
The roller-coaster surveys that show the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives and major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) taking turns in first place have switched again to the Leftists. A VPRC opinion poll gives SYRIZA a 2.5 percent lead, 29.5-27.5 percent, with both parties having more than double the support of the [...]
Farmers Protest Against Photovoltaic Systems Taxation
A protest rally outside the Environment and Energy Ministry was held by Greek farmers who have installed photovoltaic systems on their cultivations in order to boost their income. The farmers protested against excessive taxation on the photovoltaic systems. The farmers had a meeting with Deputy Environment and Energy Minister, Asimakis Papageorgiou. They claimed that their [...]
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- Crete Hosts Talks On Ancient Novels May 23, 2013
- Velos Mutiny Honored in Special Ceremony May 23, 2013
- Contemporary Theatrical Adaptation of Homer’s Iliad May 22, 2013
- A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum May 22, 2013
