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SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: Democracy Can't Be Blackmailed

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Monday referred to a historic day for Greek democracy. In a statement after the failure of Greece 's Parliament to elect President of the Republic, Tsipras said: "Greek deputies, the democratic opposition parties proved...

Statements of Party Leaders After 2nd Round of Greece ’s Presidential Election

Each deputy will be faced with the Greek people’s anxiety in the third round of the election for a President of the Republic, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said after the end of the second round. Samaras also called on...

SYRIZA, ANEL, DIMAR Reject Greek PM Proposals

In an announcement released on Sunday evening, main opposition SYRIZA rejected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ public call for consensus and his proposal to broaden the government’s composition until the next national elections, to take place by the end...

Bribery Case Decision Tomorrow, Greek MP Threatens to Counter-Sue Prime Minister

The prosecution will decide tomorrow whether Giorgos Apostopoulos attempted to bribe Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Pavlos Chaikalis to vote in favor of the nominee in the Presidential election. According to iefimerida.gr, prosecutors Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos and Isidoros Doghiakos have already reached...

Greek PM Offers General Elections in 2015 After Bailout Talks are Completed

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras addressed the Greek people and described the risks involved if the country is dragged to snap elections. However, he compromised to go to elections at the end of 2015 if parliament elects a new President...

Greek Politics Wallowing in the Mire

The latest chapter in the history of corruption in Greek politics could be called "A bribery attempt through the lens of a camera watch." It could have been a funny chapter, because it features a famous comedian and actor...

Former Greek PM Mitsotakis: 'The Elections Will Take Place at a Time of Disarray'

President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias met with New Democracy honorary President and Former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. The two men discussed Greece’s current situation and Mitsotakis expressed his concern about the difficult phase the country is going through. Over the last few days, Mitsotakis...

Behind the Scenes of the Greek Presidential Election

A total of 160 positive and 135 negative votes managed to attract the nomination of Stavros Dimas in the first open vote for the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic held at 7:30 pm in the Greek Parliament. According to article...

Suspect in Greek MP Bribery Case to Testify on Monday

The public prosecutor investigating allegations of possible MP bribery has summoned Giorgos Soukouris, who was named by Independent Greeks MP Stavroula Xoulidou, to testify in the case as a suspect on Monday. According to Xoulidou, he had hinted that...

Independent Greeks Decide not to Vote for President of the Hellenic Republic

The two-day Independent Greeks (ANEL) opposition party convention ended on Sunday with a unanimous decision not to vote for the new President of the Hellenic Republic in parliament. Closing the 2nd ANEL party convention, party leader Panos Kammenos said “none of the...