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Greece
Independent Greeks Announce Candidate for Attica Governor
Greece’s right wing political party Independent Greeks announced the candidacy of MP Pavlos Haikalis for Attica Governor in the upcoming local elections. The elections are scheduled to be held on May 18, 2014.
Haikalis, who announced his candidacy during his...
Greece
Too Late For To Potami in Greece
Once upon a time, Athens had a river running through it, the Kifissos, flowing from Mt. Parnitha through the city down to the Saronic Gulf. A city really needs a river or body of water to be considered World...
Economy
Troika Pushes Greece On Privatization
International lenders are asking Greece to increase the pace of privatizing state enterprises to meet fiscal targets and complete unfinished reforms.
The IMF-EU-ECB Troika envoys are visiting Athens to discuss how the government will close a 2.4 billion euro gap...
Economy
Olive Tree Down: PASOK, The 58 Fall Out
Greece’s already-fractured Center-Left spun out of control into a vortex on Feb. 25 when The 58 Initiative, a collection of intellectuals and academics hoping to unify the alignment, said it would not work with the vanishing PASOK Socialists to...
Economy
Tsipras Calls For Greek Debt Cut
Greece's main opposition leader is certain his party will be in power next year and his first order of a business will be to seek a cut in the $325 billion it owes international lenders. If that fails, SYRIZA's...
Greece
EU Summit to Take Place in Athens
The leaders of the European right political parties are expected to make a gesture of multiple meanings and clear symbolism. The Summit of the European Union is under discussion to take place in Greece within the first ten days...
Greece
PASOK, The 58, Plan Olive Tree Movement
With his once-dominant and former ruling party on the edge of extinction, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is aligning himself with The 58 Initiative, a group of academics and intellectuals who are trying to unify the country’s fractured center-left...
Education
Greece's School Community Against Student Profiling
The Greek education community is strongly reacting to a recent phenomena of police “interference” in schools. Jointly the Secondary School Teacher Union of Piraeus along with the Parent Association of Keratsini are going to demonstrate outside the offices of...
Economy
Merkel Rules Out More Greek Aid
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the biggest contributor to $325 billion in two bailouts to save Greece, has ruled out a third, although Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that with a 1.5 billion euro ($2.05 billion) primary...
Economy
Tsipras Says He'd Stiff The Troika
In a wordy statement, major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras said if his party ever comes to power the first order of business will be to renege on the terms of two bailouts of...