Syriza
Economy
Tsipras Says Farage, Le Pen Austerity Monsters
Greece's major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, who has benefited from opposition to austerity measures, said he's not interested in working with other leaders of other protest parties in England and France who made...
Economy
Debts to Greek State Grow 1B Euros Monthly
While Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the country will begin to recover and stability is coming, Finance Ministry data showed that 2.5 million people can't pay their taxes and debts to the state are growing at 1.07 billion...
Greece
Agreement Between AEK and SYRIZA for New Stadium
The board of the Greek football club AEK proceeded with an agreement with the country's main opposition SYRIZA over the construction of the team's new stadium in Nea Filadelfeia, western Athens, Greece.
Representatives of AEK and SYRIZA during a meeting held...
Education
SYRIZA Supports Abolition of National Exams
As Pan-Hellenic National Exams come around, SYRIZA has promised a new way of entering higher education institutions. The opposition party criticized the current system and left open the possibility of abolishing it, referring to “free access to higher education”.
SYRIZA representatives stated that...
Economy
Samaras: 'Main Opposition Wants to Provoke Ungovernability'
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras launched a full-scale attack on main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) on Wednesday, in his address to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) annual general meeting.
Accusing SYRIZA of behaving arrogantly, he said the party...
Economy
Tsipras Invites Greek Industrialists to Strike 'New Social Deal'
Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras has invited Greece's industrialists to strike "a new social deal for a new Greece" – one aimed at the country's reconstruction and growth – in his address to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) annual...
Greece
Papandreou: PASOK-SYRIZA Cooperation is Possible
The former Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou was invited by the Hertie School of Governance to participate in a conference on administrative management in Europe and also gave an interview to the German Deutsche Welle.
Papandreou expressed his concern about the rise of far-right...
Economy
After EU Loss, Samaras Plans Shakeup
Following his coalition's defeat in European Parliament elections to the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is mulling yet another rejiggering of his Cabinet and reportedly is even considering whether to ask other...
Greece
Final Greek Results of the European Parliament Elections
With all votes finally counted, Greece’s Interior Ministry published Monday evening the final results of the European Parliament vote and the MEPs elected to represent the country in Strasbourg. The turnout across Greece reached 59.96 percent, with 5,931,835 out of 9,892,622 registered...
Economy
Samaras, Venizelos Repeat: No Snap Polls
The long and rancorous campaign for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, which saw the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) come in first, won't bring national elections, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said.
The 3.8 percent win by...