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SYRIZA MPs Object to Greek Navy Seals' Chant at March 25 Parade [Video]

SYRIZA and PASOK MPs strongly objected to a nationalistic chant by Greek navy seals (OYK) at the March 25 parade. During the parade, the navy seals chanted several of their slogans, but one in particular angered a number of MPs. "Our dream is to enter...

Only Five SYRIZA MPs Refuse State Cars Despite Tsipras' Plea

Only five of a total of 149 SYRIZA MPs refused state cars for their transportation during their parliamentary term: Lena Psarea, Giorgos Dimaras, Nikos Filis, Mustafa Mustafa and Giannis Stathas. Despite Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' repeated affirmations that his leftist...

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,...

ANEL Leader: Examining Committee on the Memorandum

Independent Greeks (ANEL) decided that they will seek the setting up of an examining committee on how Greece got into the memorandum, according to ANEL leader Panos Kammenos' statement at its party's parliamentary group meeting that was concluded earlier...

Cypriot Parliament President Congratulates Greek President Pavlopoulos for his Election

Cypriot Parliament President Yiannakis Omirou congratulated Prokopis Pavlopoulos for his election as the new President of the Hellenic Republic. As he highlighted, Cyprus is looking forward to the continuation of the two countries' common course. In his congratulatory message to...

The Five Absences from the Presidential Ballot and Mitsotakis' Statement that 'Froze' New Democracy

With a total of 233 votes the Greek Parliament elected Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the seventh President of the Hellenic Republic. Pavlopoulos was elected with the votes of coalition partners SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) as well as the support of his party,...

First Greek Presidential Ballot Results Elect Prokopis Pavlopoulos

With a positive result on the election of a new Greek President concluded the first round of voting by the Greek Parliament a few minutes earlier. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the candidate nominated by the ruling SYRIZA party and Prime Minister Alexis...

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...

Eurogroup President: Greece and EU Should Stop Threatening

A message to both negotiating sides attempted to send a few hours ahead of today's critical meeting in Brussels the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem. Addressing both Athens and other European Union member-states, Dijsselbloem highlighted that they "should...

The First Greek Leftist Gov't Secures Parliamentary Vote of Confidence Ahead of Critical Eurogroup

Yet another historic event occurred tonight in the Greek Parliament, where the SYRIZA-led coalition government, the first leftist government in the history of Greece, secured its first parliamentary vote of confidence after the January 25 snap elections. The newly...