Syriza
Economy
Confused Greeks Favor SYRIZA, Coalition
On the heels of an earlier poll this month that showed the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) taking a big lead in Athens and Attica over the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras,...
Economy
Samaras Blasts PASOK For Bailout
In an indirect slap at his coalition partner, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative chief Antonis Samaras said a first bailout of $152 billion that the Socialists got from international lenders in 2010 that came...
Greece
Alexis Tsipras: Democracy Non-Negotiable; End to Austerity
Democracy is in danger and is retreating due to the neoliberal austerity that provokes recession and the skyrocketing of the unemployment rate, said SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras speaking on Saturday at an event in Netherlands organized by the Dutch...
Economy
Die Linke and Greek Major Opposition Party on Speaking Terms Again
The German Left Party “Die Linke” through their parliamentary spokesman on Foreign Affairs, Wolfgang Gehrcke, supports that Greece has every right to claim the war reparations bill from Germany. Thus, the German Parliamentary Spokesman of Die Linke, with his...
Greece
Samaras Moves To Thwart SYRIZA
Moving to head off the major Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) before it can block selection of Greece's next President in a bid to force new elections, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative party head Antonis Samaras reportedly...
Economy
Stournaras Says Troika Delay No Problem
The ever-optimistic Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said a delay in the return of envoys of international lenders to resume negotiations over long-delayed reforms and how to close a budget hole in the 2014 budget of as much as...
Greece
Political Rivals Condemn Terrorist Threats
Setting aside their political differences, Greece's bitterly-divided parties have condemned what was called a terrorist act, the sending of bullets in the mail to the country’s central banker and a prominent journalist.
Central Bank Governor Giorgos Provopoulos received an envelope...
Economy
Poll: Vote of Confidence to Greek Justice, Yes to the Euro
A new poll carried out by Greek Statistical Service MRB Hellas for Greek news-portal newsit.gr reveals that the Greek people have faith in the judicial system and want to stay in the eurozone.
The results of the poll indicate that...
Economy
Greek Banks May Need More Cash
While insisting the economy shows all the signs of recovering - as he has previously said the last several years only to be proved wrong - Bank of Greece Governor Giorgos Provopoulos issued a caveat that the country's banks...
Crime
SYRIZA Killing New Democracy, PASOK in Attica
A series of scandals, unresolved talks with the country's international lenders, and the escape of a terrorist seem to be taking their toll on Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government and his New Democracy Conservatives, who have fallen 7.7...