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Tsipras Slams Austerity in Russia 24 Interview

An interview by main opposition ΄Radical Left Coalition΄ (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras to the Russia 24 television channel on Tuesday, in which he underlined the risk to Europe from harsh austerity and rising neo-Nazism and fascism, was sharply criticised...

ERT Employees: We Won't Give Up

Famous Greek rock singer, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, will sing on the evening of June 21 in front of the building of ERT, participating in the events in support of the Greek Broadcasting Corporation. ERT employees answer to the agreement that the...

New ERT Will Open In August

Greek government spokesman, Simos Kedikoglou, who didn't speak out about mismanagement at the state broadcaster ERT when he worked there but has defended the move to close it because of what he said was waste and inefficiency at the...

ERT’s Closing Down Worldwide News

The news that Greece’s public broadcaster ERT will close down and then reopen with a far smaller number of workers is traveling around the world. Minutes after the Government spokesman, Simos Kedikoglou, announced that ERT will close, the American news...

Greece Backs Cyprus' Bailout Rejection

The Greek government, which relented to austerity measures demanded by international lenders, is praising Cyprus for rejecting a confiscation tax on bank accounts insisted upon in return for a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) bailout. "Greece has supported and firmly...

Government Ministers Won't Be Changed: Spokesman

Greek government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said there was no truth to reports that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was planning to change the ministers in his government. “There is no issue at all of a reshuffle, period,” Kedikoglou said in an...

Gunmen Shoot at Greek Prime Minister's Office

Greece’s political parties engaged in disputes over political violence on Jan. 14 after at least nine shots were fired at the Athens headquarters of New Democracy, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ party which is overseeing a wobbly coalition with the...

Petrol Bombs Thrown at Home of Govt Spokesman's Brother

Petrol bombs were thrown at the Athens home of the brother of Greece's government spokesman early on Sunday, causing minor damage but no injuries, police said. Police blamed the attack on far-left protesters angry at a police raid last...

Some Greek Companies Duck The Haratsi

While working Greeks are lining up to pay a doubled property tax being put into their electric bills, critics are arguing that some businesses and the wealthy are avoiding it. The levy is being called a "haratsi," after a Turkish...

Golden Dawn Sues Beaten MP For Libel

A member of the major opposition party Coalition of the Far Left (SYRIZA) who claimed he was beaten by three men at a soccer game who identified themselves as members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is being sued...