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Greek Minister of Transparency Vows to Fight Corruption

Panagiotis Nikoloudis is not a politician, however he was appointed by the new leftist SYRIZA-led government to fight one of Greece's major plights: corruption. The supreme court prosecutor who is now Minister of Transparency and Anti-Corruption is a specialist in economic crime...

Greek PM Tsipras: We Want a Solution, Not Rift

In three weeks we did not manage to overcome our problems, "although the citizens no longer feel the scorn and irritation," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras highlighted in his opening speech addressing SYRIZA's Parliamentary Group earlier today. Tsipras reiterated that the Greek...

SYRIZA Nominates Prokopis Pavlopoulos for Greek Presidency

Just moments earlier, former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos was nominated for the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Pavlopoulos may be elected on the first ballot, which according to the Greek Constitution requires...

Greek PM Tsipras to Meet with President of the Republic on Wednesday

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to meet President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias at the Presidential Mansion on Wednesday at noon, the Athens-Macedonian news agency reported on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Greek premier briefed Mr. Papoulias, The River...

Generation WTF (and Greece)

What’s the future? It is a question many are asking, irrespective of country or context. Even an abridged catalogue of what ails our world – European finance, nationalist conflicts, income inequality, environmental degradation, countless phobias and human horrors –...

PM Tsipras Postpones Announcement of Greek Presidential Candidate

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will not announce the name of the candidate for the President of the Hellenic Republic this evening as it was originally scheduled. Analysts say that certain extreme leftist SYRIZA members disagreed over the name of...

Greek PM Tsipras to 'Stern': 'Greece Will be a Different Country in Six Months'

Greece does not need new bailout loans, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview to German magazine "Stern" to be published on Thursday, and said he looks forward to a win-win situation in talks with the country's creditors...

SYRIZA Leads by a Wide Margin Versus New Democracy in Marc Poll

Governing coalition party SYRIZA leads by a wide margin over main opposition New Democracy (ND) in an opinion poll conducted by Marc and published at the main news bulletin of private TV station Alpha. According to the survey, SYRIZA receives...

Game of Words: Never Say The 'M-Word' in Greece

As Greece 's negotiations with Europe over the state debt continue and with Monday's crucial Eurogroup looming, there is an air of optimism blowing in Greece. An optimism mixed with defiance and pride. On Wednesday, thousands of Greeks across...

Economist: Grexit Unavoidable, Unless Tsipras Changes Course

Greece's exit from the euro zone is unavoidable, unless Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras changes course, an Economist report says. The leftist SYRIZA party won January's elections in Greece based on promises of cutting state debt and putting an end to...