Syriza
Greece
Greek Independent MP to Align with SYRIZA
Greek Independent MP Theodora Tzakri aligned with SYRIZA after a meeting with party leader Alexis Tsipras on Monday afternoon in parliament.
Theodora Tzakri had been a PASOK MP until November 2013, when she was rejected from the party for voting...
Greece
New Poll Shows SYRIZA Leading by 11.5%
A new opinion poll shows SYRIZA leading with an impressive 11.5 percent over New Democracy.
The intention to vote poll was conducted by Public Issue research agency for Efimerida ton Synatkton daily. According to the results, SYRIZA gets 38.5 percent...
Greece
Greek Opposition Spokesman: Elections Necessary as Soon as Possible
Greek main opposition SYRIZA party spokesman Panos Skourletis, speaking to “Parapolitika” radio station, repeated his party’s position regarding the general elections in Greece, which, as he underlined, should be held “as soon as possible.”
“Whoever wants can be confused, but...
Greece
Greek Foreign Minister's Meeting with SYRIZA Leader Is 'Imminent'
Greek coalition government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos announced on Thursday that a meeting with main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has been scheduled to take place in the near future. The meeting will be held in...
Economy
Economist: Political Jitters Threaten Grecovery
Political instability due to disagreement over the presidential elections threatens Greece's small steps towards economic recovery, according to The Economist.
Based on data released on November 14, out of 18 European Union countries surveyed, Greece was the only one showing...
Greece
'To Potami' Leader Theodorakis: Poker with Presidential Election Must Stop
To “stop playing poker” with such an importance issue as the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, called Greece's two main parties, governing New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA, "To Potami" party leader Stavros Theodorakis, exiting a...
Greece
Thoughts for a Greek PM – Opposition Leader Meeting
At a moment when the negotiations between Greece and the country’s lenders are at the most critical point, government officials are considering the arrangement of a meeting between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, in order...
Greece
Greek Govt VP Venizelos after Meeting with PM Samaras: Negotiations with Creditors at Complex Stage
Negotiations with the Troika are currently at a "complex" stage. This was revealed earlier today by Greek government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos, after his meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at the government headquarters, in which Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis was...
Greece
Greek Govt VP Venizelos: Without Internal Understanding We Can't Achieve Goals
His worries that the negotiation with the Troika is hindered by the sterile internal political situation, expressed Greek government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, characterizing the process of transition to a new era as "complicated and difficult."
Speaking...
Greece
Greek PM Samaras: We are Doing Everything to Reduce Debt
In an article published in the Sunday edition of Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini, Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, highlighted that his government is doing whatever is possible to reduce the country's debt. In an indirect attack to main opposition party...