Syriza

The Greek parties received the third installment of the government grant for 2013, which amounts to 7 million euros. This "bonus" was given to all Greek parties except Golden Dawn according to a previous decision of the Parliament prohibiting the...

The Economics Department of the University of Ioannina, Greece, carried out a poll of voting intentions during the next elections. The poll posed the question, "How would you vote if there were a general election held next Sunday?" SYRIZA received 14.5%...

PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, who has taken his party to 5 percent in the polls and would be powerless if he hadn't agreed to back austerity measures to become the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister in the coalition government...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives are slipping further behind the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party which built a 2.5 percent lead in a poll which had even worse news for the coalition government...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition - his New Democracy Conservatives and partner the PASOK Socialists - got narrow victories from the Parliament on Dec. 21 when lawmakers voted for a new unified property tax that hits farmers, and...

The Greek Minister of Development, Kostis Hatzidakis on Thursday defended draft legislation on non-performing mortgages. The opposition disapproves and claims that the government is essentially lifting the current suspension on foreclosures. The Minister, in an interview with MEGA on Thursday...

By a crushing 241-26 vote, the Greek Parliament has approved the cutting off of state funding for the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party in a new law that shuts off the public tap for parties accused of criminal activities. Five...

A proposal by the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party for an investigation into a stalled deal for the completion of three Hellenic Navy submarines at Skaramangas Shipyards - including the role of current Deputy Prime...

Results of a recent survey published by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, point to leftist SYRIZA with 22% of votes, as the party with most public support currently in Greece, albeit by a small margin. Nea Dimokratia under the leadership of Prime...

Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos, presenting an interim monetary policy program report to Parliament on Dec. 17, forecast a recovery but warned it could be undermined by political in-fighting and if the government raises taxes again on the...