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SYRIZA Takes the Lead in New Poll

A Kapa Research opinion poll carried out on behalf of the newspaper “TO VIMA,” gives SYRIZA a 0.8 percent lead over New Democracy. In particular, the opinion poll places the major opposition party first with 22.5 percent and second comes...

Christmas Bonus for Greek Parties

The Greek parties received the third installment of the government grant for 2013, which amounts to 7 million euros. This "bonus" was given to all Greek parties except Golden Dawn according to a previous decision of the Parliament prohibiting the...

Pulse Poll, SYRIZA Takes the Lead

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives are slipping further behind the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party which built a 2.5 percent lead in a poll which had even worse news for the coalition government...

SYRIZA Takes Lead Over New Democracy

There's good news and bad news for Greece's major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA.) The bad news was the licking the party took when its motion for a vote of no-confidence in the government of...

ERT Workers Caught Asleep By Police Raid

The order by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative party leader who convinced his coalition partner, PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos to drop his objections to a Nov. 7 dawn riot police raid to oust former...

KKE in Favor of Greeks Abroad Voting

KKE, Greece’s Communist Party, is in favor of giving the Greeks of Diaspora the possibility to vote, but it's under certain conditions. This, among others, was the statement of Dimitris Koutsoumpas, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece...

Greek Parliament Suspends Golden Dawn's State Funding

The Greek Parliament approved early Wednesday, an amendment that suspends state funding to any party linked with violence. With 235 votes in favor out of 269 MP's present during the roll call vote, which started shortly before midnight, the...

Archaeologist and KKE Deputy George Hourmouziadis Passes Away

The Greek archaeologist, Professor Emeritus of prehistoric archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and former KKE deputy George Hourmouziadis passed away on Oct 16th at the age of 81. His funeral will take place on Thursday 17th at...

Golden Dawn Plummets, Still In Third

A second poll in a week has seen support for Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party fall like a rock after its leaders were arrested on charges of running a criminal gang, but the extremists barely maintained their standing in...

Leftist's Murder Sparks Outrage Against Golden Dawn

Greek police are investigating the stabbing death of a 34-year-old hip-hop artist that leftist groups said was killed by a gang of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn members who critics say travel in packs to assault immigrants and their perceived foes. There...