Greece

The two parties in Greece's ruling coalition, SYRIZA and ANEL, on Friday tabled a joint proposal for a special Parliamentary committee to conduct a preliminary investigation into former minister Yiannos Papantoniou, focusing on armament programs carried out while he...

Opposition parties in Greece have reacted angrily to what they see as a "staged divorce" between the SYRIZA-led government coalition partners. Following the decision by the leader of the junior partner ANEL, Panos Kammenos to pull-out from the government over...

The nine candidates for the leadership of the new center-left party to be formed, presented their views on coalitions during their first public debate on national broadcaster ERT on Monday. With the two major parties leading the race in opinion polls;...

The SYRIZA-ANEL coalition on Thursday night voted for the harsh austerity measures required by Greece's creditors amid strong reactions from the opposition and thousands protesting outside the House. All 153 lawmakers of the two ruling parties voted for the measures...

The SYRIZA-ANEL coalition managed to pass the 2017 budget in parliament 152-146, with two lawmakers absent in the 300-member Parliament, as all opposition parties voted against. The vote on a budget in most cases is also a vote of confidence...

SYRIZA lawmaker Vassiliki Katrivanou resigned early on Monday after voting against the austerity multi-bill approved by Parliament late on Sunday. Initially Katrivanou voted for the draft legislation "in principle" but then voiced objections over two articles relating to the establishment...

The ruling SYRIZA-ANEL coalition on Thursday tabled a proposal for a parliamentary examination committee to investigate the legality of bank loans given to political parties and media companies, as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had announced in Parliament on...

State Minister Alekos Flambouraris is confident that all 153 SYRIZA and ANEL lawmakers will vote in favor of the bill that includes security fund reforms and bad loans settlement. Flambouraris spoke on Skai television on Sunday saying that all parties...

The SYRIZA-ANEL coalition managed to pass the 2016 budget in parliament with 153-145, with two lawmakers absent in the 300-member Parliament, as all opposition parties voted against. The vote went as expected, since last week's meeting of party leaders ended...

As the second omnibus bill that includes unpopular measures left the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition with two parliamentary members less, there is worry at Maximos Mansion that when the next bill comes to parliament for vote more lawmakers would depart. The Alexis...

Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos addressed the results of the September 20 Greek elections on Sunday evening after his party secured its presence in the next Greek parliament. "Despite a merciless war our citizens chose us as the country's...

Greek parties continue their election campaigns as polls show that SYRIZA and New Democracy are very close, while SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras claims he will not cooperate with his rival if he doesn't get clear majority. Former prime minister Tsipras...

Junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) voted against two amendments on the building of a mosque in Athens and tax relief on The Athens Concert Hall. The ANEL lawmakers voted against two amendments at the Greek Parliament on Tuesday night,...

The Prespa agreement signed with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will bring stability to the Balkans and curb Turkey's influence in the region, said former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday. These remarks were delivered in Crete as...

Greek opposition parties ended up walking out of parliament's preliminary investigating committee on Novartis, accusing the government of frivolity and delaying tactics. Committee members started walking out of Tuesday's meeting after ruling SYRIZA-ANEL coalition lawmakers proposed that the 10 politicians...