New Democracy
Economy
New Democracy Keeps Lead Over SYRIZA
As Greece's major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras has been making a U.S. swing to pitch his cause, his party has slipped again in polls that show the New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister...
Greece
Anarchy at Home Blows Up Tsipras' U.S. Tour
That noise you heard when a bomb exploded at the Athens Mall was any chance that Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras ever had of becoming Greece’s leader, not that he had one anyway.
With his party...
Economy
Visiting N.Y., Tsipras Calls For EU Debt Summit
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party that is battling for the lead in polls with the New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, told the New York Times that...
Economy
Riot Police Break Metro Strike, Subway Reopens
Greek riot police in the early morning of Jan. 25 stormed the Athens subway train depot, where striking workers had barricaded themselves in attempting to continue their 8-day strike. Police broke through the gates and removed dozens of strikers....
Crime
Two Ex-Ministers Didn't Declare Wealth
Former PASOK Socialist Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou and former New Democracy deputy Economy and Finance Minister Petros Doukas from the New Democracy Conservative party are to face charges in civil court they didn’t declare all their wealth, as required...
Greece
New Democracy Ekes Out Lead Over SYRIZA
The ruling New Democracy Conservatives are in a neck-and-neck battle with the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party among Greeks, who also are split over whether the government has done enough to catch tax evaders and...
Crime
New Democracy Says SYRIZA Incites Violence
A claim by officials of the ruling party New Democracy Conservatives that a major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) lawmaker is stoking rising violence that has seen a series of bombing in Athens has the parties engaged...
Crime
Bomb Explodes in Athens Mall – Two Injured
There was an explosion a little before 11 a.m. at The Mall commercial center in the upscale Athens neighborhood of Marousi, a bombing that came in the wake of a similar attack outside the homes of four journalists and...
Crime
Papaconstantinou Probe Gets Fast Track
The Greek government isn’t wasting time going after former finance minister George Papaconstantinou over his handling of a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts. A Parliamentary committee is expected to be appointed on Jan. 21 to look...
Crime
Greek Politics: The Worst Show on Earth
As political freak shows go, you just can't beat Greece, especially when the Three-Ring Circus known as the Parliament in session, if only to see workers paid thousands of euros a month walking around handing out glasses of water...