Syriza
Economy
Schaeuble Says Greeks Can't Blame Others For Their Fiscal Woes
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, whose country has insisted on harsh austerity measures in return for contributing to international bailouts propping up the Greek government, said Greeks should be praised for their sacrifices but not blame Germang or the...
Greece
Samaras: 'I won’t allow a criminal organization to govern political life'
Earlier on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held a meeting with PASOK leader and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos on the latest political developments and the recent disclosure of the video showing the former aide to Samaras in...
Crime
Prosecutor Probes Baltakos Affair Video, Samaras Plans Strategy
An Athens prosecutor is set to investigate a secret videotape in which a former top aide to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is heard telling the spokesman for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that the government trumped up charges against...
Greece
Tsipras: Europe Needs "New Deal"
Taking a page from former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greece's major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras said Europe needs to find another way to deal with its economic problems and austerity pushed on...
Greece
Tsipras Wants Ministers Out Over Baltakos Affair
Greece 's major opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras said Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias and Justice Minister Charalambos Athanasiou should be ousted after a top aide to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras allegedly charged in a secret...
Greece
Papandreou Says "Baltakos' Resignation Not Enough"
Former Greek premier George Papandreou said Prime Minister Antonis Samaras can't settle for the resignation of his top aide who reportedly told the spokesman for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party the Premier tried to influence the judiciary and trumped...
Economy
Greece Going Back To Bond Markets
After being locked out of the bond markets for almost four years during a crushing economic crisis, Greece is set to make a wary return in the next few months by issuing a small offer it hopes will attract...
Greece
NGO Finances Under Ministry Microscope
Greece's Deputy Finance Minister George Mavraganis has presented documents to Parliament citing 908 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) under investigation by Finance Ministry inspectors.
In what appears to be only the beginning of a lengthier investigation into NGOs, Mavraganis stated: “The selection process for further investigation will continue.”
The Directorate...
Greece
Protestors Tear-Gassed in Downtown Athens
Despite the protest ban by the Greek Police due to the Ecofin and Eurogroup meeting, a demonstration was held on Tuesday, April 1 in downtown Athens, organized by the major opposition party SYRIZA, the All Workers Militant Front (PAME) and...
Greece
Greek Government Bans Protests at Eurogroup Talks
Greek police announced that protest marches will not be allowed in Athens around the visit of the Ecofin and Eurogroup for meetings at Zappeion, on Tuesday and Thursday.
In particular, Greek Police decided to ban any protest marches around the Greek...