Politics

Almost six months after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras went to China to push closer ties in business and tourism, Greece's new Ambassador in Beijing said the two countries should emphasize economic cooperation and cultural exchanges. "The political ties between China...

As Greeks took to the streets on Oct. 31 to protest a broken promise by the government not to make permanent a temporary property tax that effectively doubled the fee, statistics showed that the number of unemployed in the...

Coalition of the Radical Left  (SYRIZA) parliamentary representative Dimitris Papadimoulis, when asked to comment to Manolis Glezos recent statement, that the major opposition party is not capable of convincing Greek voters, he expressed his respect towards the WWII hero,...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partner Evangelos Venizelos agreed on Wednesday that the government should make changes to its property tax bill in a bid to overcome opposition from their MPs but faced the prospect of...

Today the Canadian press talks about the limitations posed by the Canada-EU free-trade agreement on the use of the name “feta” and on cheeses like asiago, munster and gorgonzola. According to the article “Faux Feta? Trade deal to hit food...

With the holiday season fast approaching - a time when Greek universities shut down for weeks - they still haven't opened because officials are striking to protest government plans to shed many of the workers there - but media...

No one outside the Parliament's Ethics Committee will ever know what he said, but the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), Theodoros Dravillas, is scheduled to testify before them on Oct. 31 and answer questions about the agency’s...

The major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) that opposes bailouts keeping the Greek economy from collapsing doesn't have any idea how it can keep its promises to keep on spending if it ever comes to power,...

Greek authorities said a probe by the Police Department’s Internal Affairs investigators has found that 10 officers have been linked to crimes by the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party whose top leaders have been arrested on charges of running a...

Russia looks forward to restarting cooperation and visa talks with the EU under Greece's upcoming presidency of the bloc, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here on Wednesday. Greece has signaled it intends to promote EU relations with Moscow when...

"Australia cooperates with the United States in surveillance and interceptions," says the Australian Professor Des Ball, an expert in espionage. According to him, the Australian Defence Signals Directorate service exchanges classified intelligence with the U.S. National Security Agency and is...

A special committee of inquiry will be appointed by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament in order to investigate the role troika played in Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and Ireland. The issue was discussed last week in...

The Greek Finance Minister Ioannis Stournaras created a new taxation about land parcels and plots. On the one hand, citizens are talking about an unconstitutional law and confiscation of their properties. They consider this taxation exhausting especially for large families,...

The U.S government reacted intensely after the statements of Theodoros Pangalos about the case of interceptions, which has been an extensively reported topic in the U.S media. State Department spokeswoman, Jeniffer Psaki, was asked about the "network of interceptions" that...

Continuing his reputation as a loose cannon even in retirement, former Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos' claims that Greece listened in on private talks of U.S. Ambassadors in Athens and Ankara have drawn a swift rebuke from the...