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Greece
New Poll: SYRIZA has Comfortable Lead Over New Democracy
Greek ruling party SYRIZA leads by a wide margin over main opposition New Democracy, according to a Metron Analysis opinion poll conducted on behalf of newspaper "Parapolitika," published on Saturday.
The poll was conducted right after Greece signed the Eurogroup deal.
According to the survey,...
Economy
Greek PM Tsipras: Troika and Memorandum are History
"We are at the start of a great and difficult battle... We are not going to escape from our commitments," stated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaking to SYRIZA's Central Committee on Saturday.
He referred to a turbulence in...
Economy
KKE Leader Calls on Greek Govt to Bring Agreement to Parliament for Roll-Call Vote
The government not only did not table a law to abolish all Memoranda and their related laws to Parliament, but moved to a new agreement with the Troika of the country's creditors, Greek Communist Party (KKE) leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas...
Economy
Carlos Latuff's New Cartoon About Greece and PM Tsipras
Internationally acclaimed Brazilian-Arab cartoonist Carlos Latuff has yet again turned his pen on Greece and the country’s ongoing financial thriller. Today, Latuff portrayed Greece being rather mad with the newly elected leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsirpas.
In Latuff’s eyes, Tsipras...
Greece
New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis Doesn't Rule Out Challenging Party's Leadership
New Democracy MP and former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Karamanlis administration between 2006 and 2009, Dora Bakoyannis, did not rule out the possibility of challenging the party’s leadership in the near future after what was seen as a major...
Economy
New Democracy: The Agreement With the Lenders Needs to Be Ratified by Parliament
The four-month extension of the aid program to Greece should pass through the Greek Parliament, New Democracy spokesman on Friday said in a statement. “This is a decision that includes the loan agreement and the memorandum,” Karagounis noted.
He explained...
Economy
SYRIZA MPs Ask for Personal State Cars
One of Alexis Tsipras' first moves when he became prime minister was to cut state expenses by selling government vehicles used by politicians and cutting down on personal security for members of parliament. In general, he urged his cabinet...
Economy
Varoufakis: EU Partners Consented to Vague Terms in Agreement
Eurogroup finance ministers agreed to vague terminology in Greek bailout extension deal so that they can convince their respective parliaments to accept it, said Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Greek television.
Speaking in an ANT1 television interview, Varoufakis defended the...
Economy
New Democracy Criticizes Greek Govt for Agreeing to Memorandum Extension
Greek main opposition New Democracy on Thursday accused the government of inaccuracies and blatant lies, underlining that the agreement reached with loan partners is, in essence, an extension of the Memorandum but under worse conditions for the country.
New Democracy sources pointed...
Economy
New Democracy MP Mitsotakis: We Will Vote in Favor of the Loan Extension Agreement
New Democracy MP and parliamentary spokesperson Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed today that the main opposition party will vote in favor of the four-month loan extension agreement, when this comes to the Greek Parliament. As he highlighted in an interview with...