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Samaras to Present Priorities of Greek Presidency

The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras will be presenting the goals that have been set for the Greek Presidency of the EU. The presentation will take place at the plenary session that will be held on January 16. The ceremony...

Greek Families Ask Samaras and Papoulias to Adopt their Children

Several families that are a three-child household from a region in central Greece, called Almyros, made a symbolic move, indicative of their desperation. They asked the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, the President of Greek Republic, Karolos Papoulias, as...

Teacher Fired for Failing Greek PM's Son

The Greek Central Council for Secondary Education (KYSDE) announced the definitive dismissal of the teacher who a year and a half ago caught the Greek Prime Minister’s son cheating on a test and gave him a failing grade in her class. After...

Greek Prime Minister: No Special Treatment to MPs Breaking the Law

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was outraged by the Michalis Liapis incident. Liapis, the former New Democracy MP as well as  the former Minister of Transport, was arrested for driving an uninsured car with fake plates and without driving license. Maximos Mansion’s...

Samaras: "We Will Move Forward With the Healthcare Reform"

Today, Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, was speaking at the High-level conference on “Greek reforms in the health sector: Improving the Health of Citizens” organized by the Ministry of Health at the Megaron in Athens, Greece. During his speech...

FOCUS: Greek State No Longer Afraid of Troika

According to the German magazine “Focus,” Greece has a negotiation advantage over its creditors this time. In the related article, Robert Halver, an analyst of Baader Bank, estimates that “the next loan installment to Greece will surely be approved...

Greek PM and IOC Bid Farewell to Nelson Mandela

The International Olympic Committee, IOC on its official twitter account, said farewell to the former leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela by uploading a photo. The photo was “full” from Greece, as “Madiba” is depicted holding the torch of the...

NTUA's Administrative Staff Stop their Strike

  The administrative staff of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) have finally decided to stop its strike and return to work this following Monday. On the contrary, the continuation of the strike has been decided by the administrative staff...

New Democracy & SYRIZA Share Lead in 2 New Polls

Two new opinion polls show that it is difficult to gauge who is really ahead, New Democracy or SYRIZA? According to Metrisis poll, carried out on behalf of the newspaper "Parapolitika," the popularity of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn --...

OECD Predicts Greece's Debt Will be 157 Percent of GDP by 2020

The Greek Minister of Finance, Yiannis Stournaras was stunned by the findings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s report concerning the course of the Greek economy. Besides the prediction of further recession (0.4 percent) during 2014 --...