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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...