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Economy
New Democracy Downplays Attica Election Setback
The ruling New Democracy Conservatives, stung from a poor showing in Athens and the Attica region in the May 18 first round of Greek municipal elections, said the party was doing better across the country and would rally in...
Economy
Greek Election Day: Samaras' Coalition Faces Tough Mid-Term Challenge
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' fragile coalition of his New Democracy Conservatives and partner the PASOK Socialists faced a stern test as Greeks went to the polls on May 18 in municipal elections.
The day didn't start well: PASOK leader Evangelos...
Economy
Samaras Says Coalition Will Win Elections, Broaden
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said his New Democracy Conservatives and coalition partner PASOK Socialists will hold together to win elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, but hinted he might need to bring another party into the administration.
The...
Greece
Samaras Says Tsipras Destabilizes Greece
On the eve of elections for municipalities and EU Parliament, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras said SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is trying to destabilize Greece just as it's recovering from a crushing economic crisis.
Greeks go...
Economy
PASOK's Dim Elections Hopes Threaten Greek Government's Survival
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hopes of continuing his administration to the 2016 elections could depend not on the showing of his New Democracy Conservatives in this month's elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament, but of his coalition...
Economy
Greek Election Campaigns Crank Up
A week before Greeks go to the polls to vote in local elections - and two weeks before those for the European Parliament - the race between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives and major opposition Coalition of...
Economy
Venizelos Faces PASOK Leadership Fight
After leading PASOK to the brink of extinction, party leader Evangelos Venizelos said there are dissidents who want the Socialists to fare badly in this month's elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament so they can try to...
Economy
Venizelos Says PASOK Over, Olive Tree In
Essentially declaring his once-dominant party dead, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos says it will survive the critical May elections for the European Parliament and Greek municipalities although it has had to attach itself to a new center-left political group...
Economy
Samaras Looks To Growth, Debt Relief Next
Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, who once said Greece didn't need debt relief, on April 28 confirmed that it does and that the government next week will begin the process of asking international lenders to restructure 240 billion euros in...
events
Papandreou Perplexed By DIMAR Book Launch Flap
"What's all the fuss?" was former prime minister George Papandreou's stance when he appeared at a book launch for a member of the Democratic Left (DIMAR) who had left his PASOK Socialists.
Papandreou, the former head of PASOK, had been...