Syriza

Main opposition party SYRIZA lashed out at the government regarding the opening of shops on Sundays. SYRIZA issued a statement accusing the government that it serves the interests of large shopping malls. “The government, ignoring the rights of employees and...

On Saturday July 19, residents, unionists and members of environmental organizations blocked the road to the NATO naval base in Souda Bay, Crete, protesting against the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons in the Mediterranean Sea. The blockade is expected to last...

Greece's creditors will get their money, but not the country, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said from Rome on Friday during an address at Piazza Farnese, in the city's historic center. "We won a critical battle, but the war...

SYRIZA has gained a 3% over New Democracy according to the results of a survey conducted by Greek poll company, Pulse. More specifically, the main opposition party leads in an intention vote with 24% against New Democracy's 21%. Golden Dawn...

Main opposition party SYRIZA announced that it will host an event regarding the controversial coastline bill, with party leader Alexis Tsipras scheduled to deliver a speech against government plans. In the meatime, an initiative by the newly launched party “The...

The administration of the Hellenic Sugar Industry announced that two of its five plants in Orestiada and Serres, northern Greece, will shut down. It is expected that some employees of the two factories will be transferred to the only factory that will...

On Friday afternoon, the President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias signed the law concerning the privatization of 30% of the Public Power Corporation (PPC). The signing of the law cancels the intention of opposition SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras to ask Papoulias' intervention...

The Greek Parliament's Conference of Presidents decided on Thursday to hold a special session of the first Summer Recess section of the Parliament at 10 a.m. on Friday and determine whether or not a plenary Parliament session should be convened...

In the House’s summer session, 51 of the 100 MPs voted in favor of the creation and sale of the so-called “Small DEI,” which consists of 30 percent of the Public Power Company which has the monopoly of electrical...

A Parliamentary debate over a bill introducing reforms to Greece's prison system and the creation of "type C" maximum-security cells caused a fierce conflict between the Public Order Minister Haralambos Athanasiou and left-wing opposition party SYRIZA. The bill was voted on Tuesday...