Greece

In the aftermath of the Farmakonisi incident, New Democracy and SYRIZA continue to exchange words regarding Greece's pressing illegal immigration issue. In the latest round of rebuttals, it was Greek Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou who, replying through a press...

The ongoing battle of foreclosures has not only caused reactions on a social level but also among the parliamentary groups of the coalition government. The government is preparing a compromise plan with the Troika, stressing that it will not...

An attack against the house of the brother of the Government spokesman, Simos Kedikoglou, was recorded on the night of September 26, at Strefi Hill in Exarcheia, Athens, as it was denounced by Kedikoglou on Greek TV channels. According to...

Greece's new finance minister Yiannis Stournaras was sworn in today morning (July 5th) in a ceremony with Greek President Karolos Papoulias and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Two more politicians were selected for the Greek cabinet positions and were also...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday presented an ND "shadow cabinet" that he said would be in a position to "hard tackle" the government ministers one on one. He said the aim was to set party...

Conservative main opposition New Democracy party deputies signed a group letter addressed to Shipping and Island Policy Minister Thodoris Dritsas. The letter calls on the minister to explain the three-hour absence of the Coast Guard concerning the location and arrest of the...

MPs from the newly elected Greek leftist led, SYRIZA – Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition government have voted earlier today to reinstate the country’s public broadcaster, ERT, which was suddenly shut down almost two years ago, as part of the...

A bill paving the way for the reopening of Greek public broadcaster ERT was tabled by the government on April 1. The draft law was tabled after an Athens court ruled that some 3,000 ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) employees...

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' partially new, revamped Cabinet was sworn in on June 10 as he attempts to recoup ground his New Democracy Conservatives lost to the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' revamped Cabinet, which still includes most of the familiar faces of his ruling New Democracy Conservatives and partner the PASOK Socialists, was dismissed by his rivals as a desperate attempt to regain standing after...

Greek Prime Minister kept most of his Cabinet intact on June 9, but shook it up a bit in the wake of his New Democracy Conservatives taking a beating in the European Parliament elections to the major opposition Coalition...

Meeting at Maximos Mansion on May 29, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his deputy and coalition partner, PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos, discussed their setbacks in May’s double elections, and set aside plans for a major Cabinet shake-up. After meeting for around...

Following his coalition's defeat in European Parliament elections to the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is mulling yet another rejiggering of his Cabinet and reportedly is even considering whether to ask other...

Major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias on May 26, a day after his party won the European Parliament elections and said there should now be early national elections. SYRIZA...

With exit polls and early results showing the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on track to lose the May 25 European Parliament elections by 3 percent to the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left...