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Actor Alexis Georgoulis and Musician Ross Daly Announced on SYRIZA's Euro-Ballot

Greece's ruling SYRIZA party announced on Friday afternoon its last five candidates for the upcoming European elections taking place on May 26. Two of the individuals SYRIZA announced are very popular in Greece and beyond: The well-known actor Alexis Georgoulis and...

PM Tsipras Confirms Greece Plans To Repay IMF Loans Earlier

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Monday that Greece plans to repay its more expensive IMF loans earlier than it needs to, in order to ''create favorable conditions for its economy.'' According to officials, Greece plans to repay the...

Candidate for European Commission Presidency Timmermans Visits Greece

Frans Timmermans, the European Socialists' lead candidate (Spitzenkandidat) for the presidency of the European Commission has been in Athens since Sunday, attending the Movement for Change (KINAL) party conference and meeting with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras. Speaking at the KINAL...

Bankers and Party Employees To Face Charges Over Questionable Political Funding

Bank executives and employees of the New Democracy and PASOK parties will soon face criminal charges, Greek media reported on Friday, after financial prosecutors decided to take action on the issue of the two parties' funding. Greek prosecutors conducted an...

KINAL Leader Gennimata at Party Convention: ''We Represent Change''

The Leader of the ''Movement for Change'' (KINAL) party said that her social and democratic party represents a change in Greece. Speaking in front of 4,500 party members and congressmen at the Second Party Convention in Athens, Gennimata outlined the...

Euro-Elections Registration Deadline for Greeks Living Abroad Extended

Greeks who live abroad and wish to vote for Greek candidates in the upcoming European Elections have until April 5 to register to vote, the Greek Ministry of Interior announced on Friday. The Greek Ministry of the Interior originally wanted...

SYRIZA Euro-Candidate Loizou Resigns over Alleged Pension Scam

Myrsini Loïzou, a candidate MEP for the SYRIZA party, withdrew her candidacy on Friday afternoon following reports that she allegedly committed fraud by receiving her deceased mother's state pension. Loïzou was accused of receiving the honorary pension granted by the Greek...

Greek PM Tsipras Urges Progressives To Fight Against Far-Right in EU Elections

Speaking at Athens' Kivotos Theatre on Monday evening, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged all progressive political forces to fight against the far-right and neo-liberalism in the upcoming European elections in May. During an event where Tsipras exchanged views with...

German Ex-Finance Minister Schäuble Admits ''I Asked a Lot From The Greeks''

Wolfgang Schäuble, the former Finance minister of Germany and the current President of the German Parliament, gave an interview to Berliner Morgenpost newspaper on Monday in which he admitted that he ''asked a lot from the Greeks'' during the...

European Elections Poll: New Democracy Wins Three More Seats Than SYRIZA

  A new poll for the upcoming European Elections was published on Monday by the European Parliament. According to its findings, the center-right European People's Party (EPP) is expected to remain the largest party in the Parliament, with far-right populist parties...