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SYRIZA Leads 1.5 pct Over ND

Main opposition SYRIZA leads 1.5 percent over New Democracy (ND), according to an opinion poll conducted by Public Issue for Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper. According to the poll results, SYRIZA leads among those questioned with 30 percent, followed by ND...

New Democracy Rift For Athens Mayor

The ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will back one of its Members of Parliament, Aris Spiliotopoulos as its candidate for Athens Mayor, creating an instant battle as another of the party's lawmakers and a former...

Probe Calls For Migrant Boat Sinking

International organizations are continuing their calls for an investigation into a January 20th incident off a Greek island near the coast of Turkey in which a boat full of illegal immigrants being towed by the Greek Coast Guard capsized,...

SYRIZA Leads: So Does Samaras

Continuing their curious case of contradictions, Greek voters say they prefer the anti-austerity major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) to come to power but want to keep pro-austerity Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras...

64,910 Legal Immigrants in Athens

The number of legal immigrants from Asia and Africa that have received a residence permit rose to 64,190, according to the central database of the Greek Ministry of Interior. This new data was part of the Greek Minister of Interior,...

Greece Will Use Primary Surplus For Debt Relief Bid

After previously stating Greece didn't need nor would seek debt relief, the government now is reportedly planning to use a primary surplus that is expected to be larger than first estimated to force losses on international lenders as a...

FT: New Democracy-Golden Dawn Battle for 2nd Place in Elections

International analysts of the British newspaper “Financial Times” see a head-to-head battle between the conservative New Democracy and the ultranationalist Golden Dawn for securing the second place in the upcoming EU elections, following the sure victory of the leftists...

Provopoulos Again Sees Greek Recovery, Cites Reforms Progress

Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos, as he has every year for the past few years, said the country's economy is on the road to recovery, telling an audience at a London think tank meeting that it's because of...

Tsipras: If I Get Elected…

In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the leader of the Greek major opposition party Alexis Tsipras revealed his future plans in the case that he is elected Greek prime minister. Tsipras, who is currently paying a three-day visit...

Greece's Major Opposition Party Stable in the Lead

A new Marc opinion poll carried out on behalf of the Greek site, layout.gr, shows that Greece's major opposition party leads by 2 percent over New Democracy. The opinion poll places SYRIZA first with 23.3 percent followed in 2nd by...