Greece

There is a 1962 Cold War film called "The Manchurian Candidate" in which a former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. The Alexis Tsipras who came back from Brussels on July 13 after signing Greece's third,...

Greek main opposition New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis called for a meeting of political leaders after the completion of the exploratory process, following a meeting with Popular Unity leader Panagiotis Lafazanis in parliament on Tuesday. Meimarakis said the meeting is necessary to...

Watching lawmakers in the Greek parliament speak about the required reforms they have to vote for in order for Greece to start negotiations for the third bailout package is like watching an absurd tragicomedy. It would have been hilarious if...

On Monday the Greek ministries that were reshuffled on Friday had their official changing of the guard. In the Labor Ministry, George Katrougalos replaced Panos Skourletis who will be now leading the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy. “The agreement with the creditors is...

Greece's SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government announced a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, changing faces at eight key posts. The mini-reshuffle came after thirty-eight SYRIZA lawmakers did not support Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' proposed bailout deal in the Greek Parliament vote on Wednesday. Tsipras accused his MPs,  among them three ministers who voted...

The harsh reforms required in order for Greece to reach a new bailout agreement generated scenarios about the future of the Greek government and even the future of Alexis Tsipras in the prime minister's seat. What is certain is that...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is assessing his political damages after "losing" 17 coalition Ministers and MPs who voted against or abstained in the crucial parliament vote on the Greek proposals to international creditors. It was no surprise that prominent extreme...

As the Greek government has made a request to the European Stability Mechanism for a new bailout package, members of SYRIZA's "left platform" proclaim that they are against a "humiliating" deal that would include austerity measures, and some even...

The Greek government's determination to proceed with the negotiation in order to close a deal based on the people's mandate and its decision in Sunday's referendum, underlined on Wednesday Alternate Social Insurance Minister Dimitris Stratoulis speaking to private ANT1...

Deputy Social Security Minister Dimitris Stratoulis stated that Greece will go to snap elections if lenders insist on austerity measures in order to sign a financial aid agreement. "The lenders want to impose hard measures. If they do not back...

Social Security General Secretary Giorgos Romanias stated that the zero deficit clause in supplementary pensions will not be repealed, but it will be suspended indefinitely. Romanias spoke to Greek television on Monday saying that the Greek government has decided to...

BRICS is the new catchword that plays in the lips of SYRIZA leftist hardliners. All of a sudden, a new international development bank will give Greece loans without any obligations. At least that's what Alternate Minister for Social Security Dimitris Stratoulis believes....

"Under no circumstance will the government sign an agreement that will violate SYRIZA's policy statements. The red lines do not fade," Greek Alternate Minister for Social Security Dimitris Stratoulis underlined speaking to Greek TV on Friday. He also noted that in this...

"I believe that SYRIZA will not come to an agreement that will cancel basic aspects of the program," Greek Alternate Minister for Social Security Dimitris Stratoulis said in statements to Greek radio on Wednesday. "Manoeuvres are always done, certain retreats are always made, this...

Downtown Athens is closed as of this morning, Friday, for strike rallies to commemorate Labour Day (May 1). Participants of a rally by the umbrella labor unions of Greece, GSEE of the private sector and ADEDY of the public sector,...